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BY  THE  SAME  AUTHOR. 

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Elemente  der  Phonetik  des  Deutschen,  Englischen 

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SHAKESPEARE'S  PRONUNCIATION 
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A 

SHAKESPEARE 

READER 

IN  THE  OLD  SPELLING 
AND  WITH  A  PHONETIC  TRANSCRIPTION 

BY 


WILHELM  VIETOR,  M.  A.,  PH.  D. 
"I 

Pbofessob  of  English  Philology  in  the  University  of  Mabbubo; 

President  of  the  Association  Phonetique  Internationale; 

Hon.  Mem.  of  the  Modern  Language  Association 

of  Great  Britain  aitd  Ireland,  &c 


"Speak  the  speech,  I  pray  j-ou,  as  I 
pronounced  it  to  j'ou  .  .  ." 


MARBURG   I.   H.  LONDON 

N.  G.  ELWERT.  ;  DAVID  NUTT. 

NEW  YORK 

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1906. 


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Published  August  15,  1906 

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reserved  under  the  Act  approved  March  3,  1905, 

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All  Rights  reserved. 


PREFACE. 

In  order  to  illustrate  what  I  believe  to  be  the 
pronunciation  of  Shakespeare,  I  have  selected  a  variety 
of  extracts  for  vivd  voce  reading  from  Venus  and 
Adonis,  The  Rape  of  Lucrece,  and  the  Sonnets,  and 
from  all  the  plays  in  the  first  Folio,  with  the  exception 
of  The  Comedy  of  Errors,  Henry  \T. ,  Troilus  and 
Cressida.  and  Titus  Andronicus.  I  venture  to  hope 
that  the  familiar  passages  here  presented  in  a  pho- 
netic form  will  thus  gain  a  new  antiquarian  interest, 
without  losing  anything  of  their  old  power  and  charm. 
In  spite  of  the  deplorable  state  of  the  text  and  other 
difficulties  I  have  not  resisted  the  temptation  to  include 
in  this  unpretending  "Shakespeare  revival"  part  of  the 
amusing  French  scene  in  Henry  V. 

My  sincerest  thanks  are  due  to  Lektor  H.  Smith, 
M.  A.,  of  Marburg,  and  to  Dr.  A.  Buchenau,  of  Darm- 
stadt, for  the  trouble  they  have  taken  in  helping  to 
secure  the  typographical  correctness  of  the  texts.  Most 
of  the  sheets  have  also  been  kindly  revised  by  Herr 
stud.  phil.  W.  Schwank  and  Herr  stud.  phil.  F.  Tischner. 

Marburg,  July  1906. 

W.  V. 


\'l  AiuiRF.viATiONS.     Vowels. 

ABBREVIATIONS. 

F  =  (first)  Folio.  Q  =  (first)  Quarto, 

om.   —  omitted.  Q2  =  second  Quarto. 

Other  contractions  do  not  require  any  explanation. 


KEY   TO   PHONETIC   TRANSCRIPTION. 

(Reprinted  from  A  Shakespeare  Phonology,  §§4,  6  and  7.) 

*^*  The    phonetic   notation   is  that  of  the  Association 
Phonetique  Internationale. 

VOWELS. 

Palatal,  or  Front.  Mixed.  Velar,  or  Back. 

High,     i:,  i,  ij,  iu  u:,  u,  uw 

Mid.     e:,  e,  eu  9  o:,  o,  oi,  ou 

Low.     x:,  ae,  gei  a: 

Shakespearian  Sounds.         Modern  Sounds. 

[v.]   xn  be  =  Northern  E.  e  in  be ;  no  after-glide. 

[i]      »  lip  =  i  in  lip. 

[ij]     »  6y    =    exaggerated     London    E.     (and    usual 

Cockney)  e  in  be. 
[iu]    »  due  =  ti  in  due ;  the  first  element  stressed. 
[e:j    J  sea  =  Northern  E.  ea  in  bearing. 
[e]     T,  let  ^=  e  in  let. 
[eu]  ;.  few  =  (?  in  let  followed  by  00  in  too ;  the  first 

element  stressed, 
[ae:]  >  name  ^=  a  \n  can.,  long, 
[ae]    >  can  =  a  in  can:  the  less  palatal  Northern  E. 

variety. 


Vowels.     Consonants.  VII 

[aei]   2.  day  =  «   in  can  followed  by  e  in  be ;  opener 

than  ay  in  day. 
a:]    J  saw  =  Northern  E.  and  Cockney  a  in  father. 
o:]    i  go  =  less  open  than  aw  in  saw;  like  the  first 

element  of  ow  in  ozfw. 
o]     »  ow  =  less  open  than  o  in  o«. 
oi]    »  Joy  =  oy  in  joy ;   the  first  element,   however, 

less  open, 
ou]  »  own  --=  ow  in  own  (cf.  [o:]). 
u:]    in  too  =  Northern  E.  oo  in  /oo;  no  after-glide, 
u]     »  «/)  =  n  in  /);/A 
uw]  »  how  =  exaggerated  London  E.  oo  in  too. 

All  the  vowels,  when  unstressed,  are  more  or  less 
obscured ,  verging  on  [9]  (which  is  now  used  for  a 
in  about,  0  in  bishop,  &c.). 


CONSONANTS. 

,  .  ,        „     ^  J       Palatal, 
ibial.      Dental.           „      ' 

or  Front. 

Velar, 
or  Back. 

b-p               d-t 

g-k 

m                  n 

g 

stops. 

Nasals. 

Liquids.  1,  r 

Continuants,    w,  v-f    d-e,  z-s,  5-J        j-9 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Preface   V 

Preliminary  Notice 1 

From  Venus  and  Adonis. 

Loue  comforteth  like  fun-Ihine  ....  2—3 

Lo  here  the  gentle  larke 2 — 3 

She  lookes  vpon  his  lips 4 — 5 

From  The  Rape  of  Lucrece. 

Those  that  much  couet 8 — 9 

Her  lilie  hand 10—11 

Sonnet  XVIII.     Shall  I  compare    ....  12—13 

«         XXX.     When  to  the  Seffions     .     .  14—15 

>  XXXIII.       Full     many    a    glorious 

morning 14 — 15 

>  LV.     Not  marble,  nor  the  guilded  .  16 — 17 

>  LXXIII.     That  time  of  yeare      .     .  16—17 

>  CIV.     To  me  faire  friend  ....  18—19 
»         CXVI.    Let  me  not  to  the  marriage  18 — 19 

From  The  Tempest. 

I.  H.     Come  vnto  thefe  yellow  lands      .  20 — 21 

IV.  I.     Our  Reuels  now  are  ended     .     .  22 — 23 

V.  1.     Where  the  Bee  fucks      ....  24—25 
Frcm  The  Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

IV.  II.     Who  is  Siluia? 24—25 


Table  of  Contents.  IX 

PAGE 

From  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

I.  I.     Sir  Hugh,  perfwade  me  not.     .     .  26—27 
IV.  I.     How  now  Sir  Hugh 30 — 31 

From  Measure  for  Measure. 

II.  II.     Yet  fhew  fome  pittie 34 — 35 

III.  I.     What  faies  my  brother?     .     .     .  36—37 

IV.  I.     Take,  oh  take 36—37 

From  Much  Ado  about  Nothing. 

II.  III.     Sigh  no  more  Ladies    ....  38 — 39 

III.  I.     O  God  of  loue! 38—39 

IV.  I.     Lady  Beatrice,  haue  you  wept   .  40 — 41 

FrOxM  Love's  Labour's  Lost. 

II.  I.     Another  of  thefe  Students  .     .     .  42—43 

IV.  III.     O  we  haue  made  a  Vow      .     .  44—45 

V.  II.     When  Dalies  pied 46—47 

From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 

II.  I.    My  gentle  Pucke  come  hither      .  50 — 51 

II.  II.     You  fpotted  Snakes 52—53 

III.  I.     Why  do  they  run  away  .^  .     .     .  54—55 
V.  I.     'Tis  ftrange  my  Thefeus      .     .     .  58—59 

From  The  Merchant  of  Venice. 

III.  II.     Tell  me  where  is  fancie  bred     .  62—63 

IV.  I.    The  quahty  of  mercy  is  not  ftrain'd  62—63 

V.  I.     The  moone  fhines  bright     .     .     .  64 — 65 

From  As  You  Like  It. 

II.  I.    Now  my  Coe-mates 68 — 69 

II.  V.     Under  the  greenc  wood  tree  .     .  70 — 71 

IL  VII.     All  the  world's  a  ftage     .     .     .  72—73 

II.  VII.     Blow,  blow,  thou  winter  winde  74 — 75 

V.  III.     It  was  a  Louer,  and  his  laffe    .  74—75 


X  Taule  or  Contents. 

PAGE 

From  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew. 

IV.  I.     Come  Kate  fit  downe      .     .     .       76—77 

V.  II.     Fie,  fie,  vnknit 78—79 

From  Twelfth  Night;  or,  What  You 
Wn.L. 

I.  I.     If  Muficke  be  the  food  of  Loue       82—83 

II.  III.     O  Miftris  mine       .....       82—83 

II.  IV.     Come  away 84 — 85 

III.  IV.     How  now  Maluolio?      .     .     .       86 — 87 

From  The  Winter's  Tale. 

II.  I.     Take  the  Boy  to  you       .     .     .       88—89 

IV.  III.     log-on,  log-on 92 — 93 

From  King  John. 

I.  I.     A  foot  of  Honor 92—93 

V.  VII.     This  England  neuer  did    .     .       94 — 95 

From  King  Richard  II. 

II.  I.     This  royall  Throne  of  Kings    .      94 — 95 

From  The  First  Part  of  King  Henry  IV. 

II.  IV.    What's  the  matter?    ....       96—97 
V.  IV.     Fare  thee  well  great  heart     .  102 — 103 

From  The  Second  Part  of  King  HenryI  V. 

III.  I.     How  many  thoufand  ....  104 — 105 

IV.  IV.     Will  Fortune  neuer  come      .  106 — 107 

From  King  Henry  V. 

III.  IV.    Alice,  tu  as  eftc  en  Angleterre  106 — 107 

From  King  Richard  III. 

1. 1.  Now  is  the  Winter  of  our  Difcontent  1 10 — 1 1 1 

IV.  III.    The  tyrannous  and  bloodie  Act  112 — 113 

V.  IV.     Refcue  my  Lord  of  Norfolke .  114—115 


Table  of  Contents.  XI 

PAGE 

From  King  Henry  VIII. 

III.  II.     Farewell!     A  long  farewell    .  116 — 117 

From  Coriolanus. 

V.  III.     Nay,  go  not  from  vs  thus.     .  118 — 119 

From  Romeo  and  Juliet. 

II.  n."    She  fpeakes 122—123 

V.  I.     If  I  maj-  truft 128—129 

From  Julius  C-^£sar. 

III.  II.  Romans,  Contrey-men,  and  Louers  128 — 129 

From  Macbeth. 

I.  III.    Where  haft  thou  beene,  Sitter?  138—139 

I.  VII.     If  it  were  done 142 — 143 

II.  I.     Is  this  a  Dagger 144—145 

V.  III.    How  do's  your  Patient  Doctor?  146 — 147 

From  Hamlet. 

I.  II.     Oh  that  this  too  too  folid  Flefh  148—149 

I.  III.     Giue  thy  thoughts  no  tongue  .  150 — 151 

III.  I.     To  be,  or  not  to  be   .     .     .     .  152 — 153 

III.  II.    Speake  the  Speech  I  pray  you  154 — 155 

IV.  V.  How.  fhould  I  your  true  loue  know  158 — 159 

From  King  Lear. 

III.  n.     Blow  windes 158—159 

IV.  VI.     How  fearefull 160—161 

V.  III.     Howie,  howle,  howle,  howle  .  162 — 163 

From  Othello. 

I.  III.     Her  Father  lou'd  mc  .     .     .     .  164 — 165 

IV.  n.     Alas  lago 168—169 

V.  II.     I  pray  you  in  your  Letters      .  168 — 169 


XI 1  Table  of  Contents. 


PAGE 


From  Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

II.  II.     The  Barge  fhe  fat  in      .     .     .  170  —  171 

V.  II.     Giue  me  my  Robe      ....  172 — 173 

From  Cymbeline. 

II.  III.     Hearke,  hearke,  the  Larke      .  175 — 176 

III.  IV.    Come  Fellow,  be  thou  honeft  175 — 176 

IV.  II.  Feare  no  more  the  heate  o'th'Sun  176 — 177 


A  SHAKESPEARE  READER. 


PRELIMINARY  NOTICE. 

The  following  texts  are  printed  from  the  first 
Quarto  of  each  of  the  poems,  and  from  the  first  Folio 
of  the  plays  respectively.  Mistakes  have  been  cor- 
rected in  the  text,  the  original  readings,  except  in  the 
case  of  irrelevant  irregularities  in  punctuation  and  the 
like,  being  given  in  a  note. 

In  accordance  with  the  companion  volume,  A  Shake- 
speare Phonology,  the  phonetic  transcription  is  inten- 
tionally general  and  simple.  As  word  and  sentence 
stress  are  wholly  or  raostl}'  the  same  as  in  present 
English,  and  as  occasional  deviations  in  word  stress 
are  sufficiently  indicated  by  the  metre,  they  have  not 
been  marked.  Similarly,  weak  vowels  have  not  been 
distinguished  from  the  corresponding  strong  vowels; 
thus  [gc]  is  used  for  [ge]  as  well  as  for  [tej,  ago  e.  g. 
appearing  as  f^go:],  i.  e.  [ge'go:  |,  and  almost  [ago:]. 
Phonetic  doublets  have  been  only  sparingly  added. 
Fluctuations  in  quantity  are  pointed  out  by  inserting  (:) 
into  the  text.  Where  the  (;)  is  restricted  to  riming 
words,  as  in  the  case  of  love  =  [Iu(:)v],  the  meaning 
is  that  Shakespeare  possibly  deviated  from  his  regular 
form  in  order  to  improve  the  rime. 


V  lot  or,  Shakespeare's  ProDunciatioa.     li 


From  Venus  and  Adonis. 

LOUE  comforteth  like  fun-fhine  after  raine, 
800  But  lufts  effect  is  tempeft  after  funne, 

Loues  gentle  spring  doth  alwayes  frefh  remaine, 

Lufts  winter  comes^  ere  fommer  halfe  be  donne: 

Loue  furfets  not,  luft  like  a  glutton  dies : 

Loue  is  all  truth,  luft  full  of  forged  lies. 


Lo  here  the  gentle  larke  wearie  of  reft, 
From  his  moyft  cabinet  mounts  vp  on  hie, 
855  And  wakes  the  morning,  from  whofe  filuer  breft, 
The  funne  arifeth  in  his  maieftie, 

Who  doth  the  world  so  glorioufly  behold, 
That  Ceader  tops  and  hils,  feeme  burnifht  gold, 

Venus   falutes  him  with   this   faire   good  morrow, 

860  Oh  thou  cleare  god,  and  patron  of  all  light, 

From  whom  ech  lamp,  and  fhining  ftar  doth  borrow. 

The  beautious  influence  that  makes  him  bright, 

There  Hues  a  fonne  that  fackt  an  earthly  mother, 

May  lend  thee  light,  as  thou  doeft  lend  to  other. 

865  This  fayd,  fhe  hafteth  to  a  mirtle  groue, 
Mufing  the  morning  is  fo  much  ore-worne. 
And  yet  fhe  hearcs  no  tidings  of  her  loue ; 
She  barkens  for  his  hounds,  and  for  his  home, 
Anon  fhe  heares  them  chaunt  it  luftily, 

870        And  all  in  haft  fhe  coafteth  to  the  cry. 


From  Venus  and  Adonis. 

]uv  kumforteB  lijk  sunjijn  setter  raein, 

but  lusts  efekt  iz  tempest  aefter  sun;  soo 

luvz  d5ent,l  sprii)  du0  a:lwaeiz  frej  remaein, 

lusts  winter  kumz  e;r  sumer  ha:f  bi  dun; 

luv  surfets  not,  lust  lijk  se  gluton  dijz; 

luv  iz  a:l  triue,  lust  ful  ov  ford;cd  lijz. 


jo:,  he;r  de  d^entjl  laerk,  weiri  ov  rest, 

from  his  moist  kaebinet  muwnts  up  on  hij, 

aend  wgeiks  de  mornir),  from  hwu:z  silver  brest       856 

de  sun  aerijzeO  in  hiz  mged5estij; 

hwu:  due  de  world  so  cjloirTusli  bihould, 
daet  se:der-tops  aend  hilz  si:m  burnijt  gould. 

ve:nus  saeliuts  him  wid  dis  faeir  gud-moro: : 
"o:  duw  kle:r  god,  aend  pactron  ov  a:l  lijt,  seo 

from  hwu:m  e:tj  laemp  aend  Jijnig  staer  duG  boro: 
de  beutius  infliucns  daet  mae:ks  him  brijt, 

der  livz  ae  sun  daet  sukt  aen  e(:)r9li  muder, 
maei  lend  di:  lijt,  aez  duw  dust  lend  tu  uder." 

dis  saeid,  Ji  hae(:)ste0  tu  ae  mirt,l  gro:v,  ses 

miuzii)  de  mornii)  iz  so  mutj  o:rworn, 

iEnd  jit  Ji  he:rz  no  tijdirjz  ov  her  lu(:)v  : 

Ji  haerk,nz  for  hiz  huwndz  icnd  for  hiz  horn: 

aenon  Ji  he:rz  dem  tjicnt  it  lustilij, 

aend  a:l  in  hae(:)st  Ji  koistcO  tu  de  krij.  87o 


4  From  Vf.nus  and  Adonis. 

And  as  The  runncs,  the  bufhes  in  the  way, 
Some  catch  her  by  the  necke,  fome  kiffe  her  face, 
Some  twine  ^  about  her  thigh  to  make  her  (tay, 
She  wildly  breaketh  from  their  ftrict  imbrace, 
875       Like  a  milch  Doe,  whofe  fwelling  dugs  do  ake, 
Halting  to  feed  her  fawne,  hid  in  fome  brake. 

*  * 

* 

She  lookes  vpon  his  lips,  and  they  are  pale. 

She  takes  him  by  the  hand,  and  that  is  cold, 

n2r,She  whifpers  in  his  eares  a  heauie  tale, 

As  if  the}^  heard  the  wo  full  words  fhe  told : 

She  lifts  the  coffer-lids  that  clofe  his  eyes. 

Where  lo,  two  lamps  burnt  out  in  darkneffe  lies. 

Two  glaffes  where  her  felfe,  her  felfe  beheld 
ii3(iA  thoufand  times,  and  now  no  more  reflect, 
Their  vertue  loft,  wherein  they  late  exceld. 
And  euerie  beautic  robd  of  his  effect; 

Wonder  of  time  (quoth  fhe)  this  is  my  fpight, 
That  thou  being  dead,  the  day  fhuld  yet  be  light. 

nasSince  thou  art  dead,  lo  here  I  prophecie. 
Sorrow  on  loue  hereafter  fhall  attend : 
It  fhall  be  wayted  on  with  iealoufie, 
Find  fweet  beginning,  but  vnfauorie  end, 
Nere  fetled  equally,  but  high  or  lo, 

1140       That  all  loues  pleafure  fhall  not  match  his  wo. 

It  fhall  be  fickle,  falfe,  and  full  of  fraud, 
Bud,  and  be  blafted,  in  a  breathing  while. 
The  bottome  poyfon,  and  the  top  ore-ftrawd 
With  fweets,  that  fhall  the  trueft  fight  beguile, 
1145       The   ftrongeft   bodie  fhall  it  make  moft  weake. 
Strike  the  wife  dumbe,  and  teach  the  foole  to  fpeake. 
'  twin'd. 


From  Venus  and  Adonis,  5 

gend  sez  Ji  runz,  de  bujez  in  de  waei 
sum  kaetj  her  bij  de  nek,  sum  kis  her  faeis, 
sum  twijn  aebuwt  her  eij  tu  maeik  her  staei: 
Ji  wijldli  bre:ke9  from  dasir  strikt  imbrae:s, 

Hjk  ae  miltj  do:,  hwu:z  sweliij  dugz  du  ge:k,      sts 
has(:)stii]  tu  fi:d  her  fa:n  hid  in  sum  braerk. 

* 
Ji  luiks  upon  hiz  lips,  aend  daei  aer  pae:l; 
Ji  tae:ks  him  bij  de  haend,  aend  daet  iz  kould; 
Ji  hwisperz  in  hiz  e;rz  ae  he(:)vi  ta;:l,  1125 

aez  if  dasi  haerd  de  woiful  wordz  Ji  tould; 
Ji  lifts  de  kofer-lidz  d^et  klo:z  hiz  ijz, 
hwe:r,  lo:,  tu:  laemps,  burnt  uwt,  in  daerknes  Hjz; 

tu:  (jlaesez.  hwe:r  herself  herself  biheld 

ae  6uwziend  tijmz.  aend  nuw  no  mo:r  reflekt;  1130 

daeir  vertiu  lost,  hwe:rin  daei  lEe:t  ekseld, 

aend  ev(e)ri  beuti  robd  ov  hiz  efekt: 

"wunder  ov  tijm,"  kwoe  Ji:,  "dis  iz  mij  fpijt, 
daet,  duw  bi:Tr]  ded,  de  daei  Ju:ld  jit  bi  lijt. 

"sins  duw  aert  ded,  lo:,  he:r  ij  profesij:  1135 

soro:  on  luv  he:raefter  JcL-I  aetend: 

it  Jael  bi  waeited  on  wid  d5elusij, 

fijnd  s\vi:t  biqiniij,  but  unsic:v(o)ri  end, 

ne:r  setled  e:kwaL'li,  but  hij  or  lo:, 

daet  a:l  luvz  ple{:)ziur  Jiel  not  mx'tj  hiz  wo:,     luo 

"it  Jael  bi  fik.l,  fa :1s,  lend  ful  ov  fra:d, 

bud  send  bi  blacsted  in  a.-  bre:dii]-hwijl; 

(le  botom  poiz,n,  jtnd  de  top  o:rstra:d 

wid  swi:ts  dcct  Jitl  de  triuest  sijt  bigijl: 

de  stroijfjest  bodi  Jael  it  mic:k  mo:st  we:k,  lur, 

strijk  de  wijz  dum  ;end  te:tj  de  fu:l  tu  spe:k. 


6  From  Venus  and  Auonis. 

It  fhall  be  fparing,  and  too  full  of  ryot, 
Teaching  decrepit  age  to  tread  the  meafures, 
The  flaring  ruffian  fhall  it  keepe  in  quiet, 
ii5oPluck  down  the  rich,  inrich  the  poore  with  treafures, 
It  fhall  be  raging  mad,  and  fillie  milde. 
Make  the  yoong  old,    the  old  become  a  childe. 

It  fhall  fufpect  where  is  no  caufe  of  feare, 
It  fhall  not  feare  where  it  fhould  moft  miftruft, 
nssit  fhall  be  merciful!,  and  too  feueare, 

And  most  deceiuing,  when  it  feemes  moft  iuft, 
Peruerfe  it  fhall  be,  where  it  fhowes  moft  toward, 
Put  feare  to  valour,  courage  to  the  coward. 

It  fhall  be  caufe  of  warre,  and  dire  euents, 
1  ICO  And  fet  diffention  twixt  the  fonne,  and  fire, 
Subiect,  and  feruill  to  all  difcontents: 
As  drie  combuftious  matter  is  to  fire, 

Sith  in  his  prime,  death  doth  my  loue  "j^deftroy, 
They  that  loue  beft,  their  loues  fhall  not  enioy. 

iiesBy  this  the  boy  that  by  her  fide  laie  kild. 
Was  melted  like  a  vapour  from  her  fight, 
And  in  his  blood  that  on  the  ground  laie  fpild, 
A  purple  floure  fproong  vp,  checkred  with  white, 
Refembling  well  his  pale  cheekes,  and  the  blood, 

1170       Which  in  round  drops,  vpon  their  whiteneffe  ftood. 

She  bowes  her  head,  the  new-fprong  floure  to  fmel, 
Comparing  it  to  her  Adonis  breath. 
And  faies  within  her  boforae  it  fhall  dwell. 
Since  he  himfelfe  is  reft  from  her  by  death; 
1175       She  crop's  the  ftalke,  and  in  the  breach  appeares, 
Green-dropping  fap,  which  fhe  compares  to  teares. 


From  Venus  and  Adonis.  7 

"it  Jael  bi  spge:rir)  gend  tu:  ful  ov  rijot, 

te:tjii)  dekrepit  aeid;  tu  tre(:)d  de  me(:)ziurz ; 

de  stse:rii)  rufisen  Jgel  it  ki:p  in  kwijet, 

pluk  duwn  de  ritj,  inritj  de  pu:r  wid  tre(i)ziurz;    uso 
it  Jael  bi  r3e:d;-ii]-mLed  oend  sili-mijld, 
mseik  de  jur)  ould,  c!e  ould  bikum  se  tjijld. 

"it  Jael  suspekt  hweir  iz  no  kaiz  ov  feir; 

it  Jael  not  fe:r  hwe:r  it  Ju:ld  moist  mistrust; 

it  Jael  bi  mersiful  aend  tu:  seve:r,  n55 

aend  moist  deseivii)  hwen  it  siimz  moist  d5ust; 
pervers  it  Jael  bi  hweir  it  Jouz  moist  towaerd, 
put  feir  tu  vaeler,  kuraed5  tu  de  kuwaerd. 

"it  Jael  bi  kaiz  ov  waer  aend  dijr  events, 

aend  set  disensTon  twikst  de  sun  aend  sijr;  iioo 

subd;ekt  tend  servil  tu  ail  diskontents, 

aez  drij  kombustius  maeter  iz  tu  fijr: 

sie  in  hiz  prijm  de(i)e  due  mij  luv  destroi, 
daei  daet  luv  best  daeir  luvz  Jasl  not  ind5oi." 

bij  dis,  de  boi  daet  bij  her  sijd  Igei  kild  iies 

waez  melted  lijk  ae  vaeipor  from  her  sijt, 
•cEnd  in  hiz  blud  daet  on  de  gruwnd  laei  spild, 
£e  purp,l  fluwr  sprui)  up,  tjekred  wid  hwijt, 
rezemblir)  wel  hiz  paeil  tjiiks  aend  de  blud 
hwitj  in  ruwnd  drops  upon  daeir  hwijtnes  stud,  mo 

fi  buwz  her  hed,  de  niu-sprui]  iluwr  tu  smel, 
kompaeirii)  it  tu  her  a;do:nis  brc(i)e, 
aend  saeiz,  widin  her  buizom  it  Jael  dwel, 
sins  hii  himself  iz  reft  from  her  bij  de(:)e : 

Ji  krops  de  sta:k,  ;cnd  in  de  breitj  aepeirz  1175 

gri:n  dropii)  saep,  hwitJ  Ji  kompae:rz  tu  teirz. 


8  Fkdm  Thk  Rai'K  of  Lucreck. 

Poore  floure  (quoth  fhe)  this  was  thy  fathers  guife, 
Sweet  iffue  of  a  more  fweet  fniclling  fire, 
For  euerie  little  griefe  to  wet  his  eies, 
iisoTo  grow  vnto  himfelfe  was  his  defire; 

And  fo  tis  thine,  but  know  it  is  as  good, 
To  wMther  in  my  breft,  as  in  his  blood. 

Here  was  thy  fathers  bed,  here  in  my  breft, 
Thou  art  the  next  of  blood,  and  tis  thy  right. 
nssLo  in  this  hollow  cradle  take  thy  reft, 

My  throbbing  hart  fhall  rock  thee  day  and  night; 
There  fhall  not  be  one  minute  in  an  houre. 
Wherein  I  wil  not  kiffe  my  fweet  loues  floure. 

Thus  weary  of  the  world,  away  fhe  hies, 
n9oAnd  yokes  her  filuer  doues.  by  whole  fwift  aide, 
Their  miftreffe  mounted  through  the  emptie  skies, 
In  her  light  chariot,  quickly  is  conuaide. 

Holding  their  courfe  toPaphos,  where  their  queen, 
Meanes  to  immure  her  felfe,  and  not  be  fcen. 


From  The  Rate  ok  Lucrece. 

Those  that  much  couet  are  with  gaine  fo  fond, 
135  That  what  they  haue  not,  that  which  they  poffeffe 
They  fcatter  and  vnloofe  it  from  their  bond. 
And  fo  by  hoping  more  they  haue  but  leffe, 
Or  gaining  more,  the  profitc  of  exceffe 

Is  but  to  furfet,  and  fuch  griefes  fuftaine, 
140       That  they  proue  banckrout  in  this  poore  rich  gain. 


From  The  Rape  of  Lucrece. 

"purr  fluwr/'  kwoe  ji:,  "dis  wgez  dij  faederz  gijz — 

swi:t  isiu  ov  ae  mo:r  swi:t-smelii)  sijr — 

for  ev(e)ri  lit,l  griif  tu  wet  hiz  ijz  : 

tu  gro:  unto  himself  vvcEz  hiz  dezijr, 

gend  so:  tiz  dijn;  but  kno:,  it  iz  aes  gud 
tu  wider  in  mij  brest  aez  in  hiz  blud. 

"he:r  waez  dij  faederz  bed.  he:r  in  mij  brest; 

duw  aert  de  nekst  ov  blud,  aend  tiz  dij  rijt: 

lo:,  in  dis  holo:  krae;d,l  tasrk  dij  rest, 

mij  erobii)  ha;rt  Jael  rok  di  daei  aend  nijt : 
der  Jael  not  bi  o:n  miniut  in  aen  uwr 
hwerrin  ij  wil  not  kis  mij  swi:t  luvz  fluwr." 

dus  we:ri  ov  de  world,  aewsi  fi  hijz, 
aend  jo:ks  her  silver  duvz;  bij  hwu:z  swift  aeid 
daeir  mistres  muwnted  eru:  de  empti  skijz 
in  her  lijt  tjaeriot  kwikli  iz  konvaeid; 

houldii]  daeir  ku:rs  tu  paeifos,  hwe:r  dieir  kwi:n 
me:nz  tu  imiur  herzelf  aend  not  bi  si:n. 


1180 


1185 


1190 


135 


F"rom  Tiik  Rape  of  Lucrece. 

do:z  daet  niutj  kuvet  icr  wid  gicin  so  fond, 
daet  hwaet  daei  hae:v  not,  daet  hwitj  daei  pozes 
daei  skaeter  tend  unlu:s  it  from  daeir  bond, 
aend  so:,  bij  horpii]  mo:r,  daei  hcX^iv  but  les; 
or,  gajinir)  mo:r.  de  profit  ov  ekses 

iz  but  tu  surfet,  Lend  sutj  gri:fs  sust;cin, 

diet  d;ei   pru:v  b;ei)kruwt  in  dis  pu:r-ritj  gicin.  i4o 


10  From  The  Rapk  ok  Lucrece. 

The  ayme  of  all  is  but  to  nourfe  the  life, 
With  honor,  wealth,  and  eafe  in  wainyng  age: 
And  in  this  a3'me  there  is  fuch  thwarting  ftrife, 
That  one  for  all,  or  all  for  one  we  gage: 
146  As  life  for  honour,  in  fell  battailes  rage. 

Honor  for  wealth,  and  oft  that  wealth  doth  coft 
The  death  of  all,  and  altogether  loft. 

So  that  in  ventring  ill,  we  leaue  to  be 
The  things  we  are,  for  that  which  we  expect: 
150  And  this  ambitious  foule  infirmitie. 
In  hauing  much  torments  vs  with  defect 
Of  that  we  haue:  fo  then  we  doe  neglect 

The  thing  we  haue,  and  all  for  want  of  wit, 
Make  fomething  nothing,  by  augmenting  it. 


Her  lillie  hand,  her  rofie  cheeke  lies  vnder, 
Coofning  the  pillow  of  a  lawfuU  kiffe: 
Who  therefore  angrie  feemes  to  part  in  funder, 
Swelling  on  either  fide  to  want  his  bliffe. 
89oBetweene  whofe  hils  her  head  intombed  is; 

Where  like  a  vertuous  Monument  fhee  lies, 
To  be  admir'd  of  lewd  vnhallowed  eyes. 

Without  the  bed  her  other  faire  hand  was. 

On  the  greene  couerlet  whofe  perfect  white 
395  Showed  like  an  Aprill  dazie  on  the  graffe. 

With  pearlie  fwet  refembling  dew  of  night. 

Her  eyes  like  Marigolds  had  fheath'd  their  light, 
And  canopied  in  darkeneffe  fweetly  lay. 
Till  thty  might  open  to  adorne  the  day. 


From  The  Rape  of  Lucrece.  11 

de  aeim  ov  a:l  iz  but  tu  nurs  de  lijf 

wid  oner,  wel0^  send  e:z,  in  wgemii)  seid^-^ 

send  in  dis  aeim  der  iz  sutj  ewsertig  strijf, 

daet  o:n  for  a:!,  or  a:l  for  o:n  wi  fjseid;; 

aez  lijf  for  onor  in  fel  baet,lz  rsed;;  145 

onor  for  wele;  aend  oft  daet  \vel0  duG  kost 

de  de(:)6  ov  a:l,  asnd  a:ltugeder  lost. 

so  daet  in  ventrii]  il  wi  le;v  tu  bi: 

de  eigz  wi  ae:r  for  daet  hwitj  wi  ekspekt; 

aend  dis  aembisTus  fuwl  infirmiti:,  iso 

in  haeivii]  mutj,  torments  us  wid  defekt 

ov  daet  wi  haeiv:  so  den  wi  du  necjlekt 

de  eii)  wi  hae:v;  aend  a:l  for  wasnt  ov  wit, 

mae:k  sumeii]  noOii]  bij  aigmentii)  it. 


her  lili  haend  her  ro:zi  tji:k  lijz  under, 

kuznii)  de  pilo:  ov  ae  la:ful  kis; 

hwu:,  de:rfo:r  aeijgri,  si:mz  tu  paert  in  sunder, 

swelig  on  e:der  sijd  tu  wtent  hiz  blis; 

bitwi:n  hwu:z  hilz  her  hed  intuimed  iz:^  3to 

hwe:r,  lijk  ae  vertTuus  moniument  Ji  lijz, 

tu  bi  icdmijrd  ov  leud  unhaeloud  ijz. 

widuwt  de  bed  her  uder  faeir  haend  waez,  ^ 

on  de  grim  kuverlet;  hwu:z  perfekt  hwijt 

Joud  lijk  aen  aeipril  dicizi  on  de  graes,  395 

wid  perli  swe(:)t,  rezemblii]  deu  ov  nijt. 

her  ijz,  lijk  maerifjouldz,  haed  Je:dd  didr  lijt, 

aend  kaenopid  in  daerknes  swiitli  laei, 

til  daei  mijt  o:p,n  tu  cudorn  de  dx-i. 

'  Or  is.    ^  wa:s. 


12     From  Thk.  Rapk  oi'  Lucrk.ce.     Sonnet  XVIII. 

400  Her  haire  like  golden  threeds  playd  with  her  breath, 

O  modeft  wantons,  wanton  modeftie ! 

Showing  lifes  triumph  in  the  map  of  death, 

And  deaths  dim  looke  in  lifes  mortalitie. 

Ech  in  her  fleepe  themfelues  fo  beautifie, 
405       As  if  betweene  them  twaine  there  were  no  ftrife, 
But  that  life  liu'd  in  death,  and  death  in  life. 

Her  breafts  like  luory  globes  circled  with  blew, 
A  paire  of  maiden  worlds  vnconquered, 
Saue  of  their  Lord,  no  bearing  yoke  they  knew, 
410  And  him  by  oath  they  truely  honored. 

Thefe  worlds  in  Tarqvin  new  ambition  bred, 
Who  like  a  fowle  vfurper  went  about, 
From  this  faire  throne  to  heaue  the  owner  out. 


Sonnet  XV^III. 

Shall  I  compare  thee  to  a  Summers  day? 
Thou  art  more  louely  and  more  temperate: 
Rough  windes  do  fhake  the  darling  buds  of  Maie, 
And  Sommers  leafe  hath  all  too  fhort  a  date: 
5  Sometime  too  hot  the  eye  of  heauen  fhines, 
And  often  is  his  gold  complexion  dimm'd. 
And  euery  faire  from  faire  fome-time  declines. 
By  chance,  or  natures  changing  courfe  vntrim'd: 
But  thy  eternall  Sommer  fhall  not  fade, 
10  Nor  loofe  poffeffion  of  that  faire  thou  ow'ft, 
Nor  fhall  death  brag  thou  wandr'ft  in  his  fhade, 
When  in  eternall  lines  to  time  thou  grow'ft, 
So  long  as  men  can  breath  or  eyes  can  fee, 
So  long  lines  this,  and  this  giues  life  to  thee. 


From  The  Rape  of  Lucrece.     Sonnet  XVIII.     13 

her  haeir,  lijk  gould,n  ere(:)dz,  ^  plaeid  wid  her  bre(:)e ;  400 

o:  modest  wsentonz !  wgenton  modestij ! 

Jo:iT]  lijfs  trijumf  in  de  maep  ov  de(:)0, 

aend  de(:)es  dim  lu:k  in  lijfs  mortaelitij: 

e:tj  in  her  sli:p  demselvz  so  beutifij, 

aez  if  bitwiin  dem  twsein  der  wer  no  strijf,         405 
but  daet  lijf  livd  in  de(:)e,  aend  de(:)e  in  lijf. 

her  brests,  lijk  ijv(o)ri  cjlo:bz  sirkled  wid  bliu, 
ae  paeir  ov  mseid,n  worldz  unkogkered, 
sae:v  ov  daeir  lord  no  beirii)  jo:k  daei  kniu, 
aend  him  bij  0:6  daei  triuli  onored.  410 

('e:z  worldz  in  teerkwin  niu  gembisTon  bred; 
hwu:,  lijk  ae  fuwl  iuzurper,  went  aebuwt 
from  dis  faeir  ero:n  tu  he:v  de  ouner  uwt. 


Sonnet  XVIII. 

Jael  ij  kompas:r  di  tu  ae  sumerz  daei? 
duw  aert  mo:r  luvli  aend  moir  temperaeit: 
ruf  wijndz  du  Jae:k  de  daerlii)  budz  ov  maei, 
aend  sumerz  le:s  haee  a:l  tu:  Jort  ac  dae:t : 
sumtijm  tu:  hot  de  ij  ov  he(:)v,n  Jijnz,  5 

aend  oft,n  iz  hiz  gould  kompleksTon  dimd; 
aend  ev(e)ri  faeir  from  faeir  sumtijm  deklijnz, 
bij  tjaens  or  nae:tiurz  tjaend;!!]  ku:rs  untrimd; 
but  dij  eternael  sumer  Jael  not  fae:d 
nor  lu:z  pozesTon  ov  daet  faeir  duw  oust;  10 

nor  Jael  de(:)8  braerj  duw  waendrest  in  hiz  Jae:d, 
hwen  in  eternael  lijnz  tu  tijm  duw  cjroust: 
so  loi)  aez  men  kaen  bre:d  or  ijz  kaen  si:, 
so  log  livz  dis  send  dis  givz  lijf  tu  di:. 


'  Or  Ori:dz. 


14  Sonnets  XXX.  XXXIII. 

Sonnet  XXX. 
When  to  the  Seffions  of  fweet  filent  thought, 
I  fommon  vp  remembrance  of  things  paft, 
I  figh  the  lacke  of  many  a  thing  I  fought, 
And  with  old  woes  new  waile  my  deare  times  wafte: 
BThen  can  I  drowne  an  eye- (vn-vf'd  to  flow) 
For  precious  friends  hid  in  deaths  dateles  night. 
And  wecpe  a  frefh  loues  long  fince  canceld  woe, 
And  mone  th'expence  of  many  a  vannifht  fight. 
Then  can  I  greeue  at  greeuances  fore-gon, 
10  And  heauil)^  from  woe  to  woe  tell  ore 
The  fad  account  of  fore-bemoned  mone, 
Which  I  new  pay,  as  if  not  payd  before. 

But  if  the  while  1  thinke  on  thee  (deare  friend) 
All  loffes  are  reftord,  and  forrowes  end. 


Sonnet  XXXIII. 
Full  many  a  glorious  morning  haue  I  feene, 
Flatter  the  mountaine  tops  with  foueraine  eie, 
Kiffing  with  golden  face  the  meddowes  greene; 
Guilding  pale  ftreames  with  heauenly  alcumy : 
5  Anon  permit  the  bafeft  cloudes  to  ride, 
With  ougl)^  rack  on  his  celeftiall  face, 
And  from  the  for-lorne  world  his  vifage  hide 
Stealing  vnfeene  to  weft  with  this  disgrace: 
Euen  fo  my  Sunne  one  early  morne  did  fhine, 
10  With  all  triumphant  fplendor  on  my  brow, 
But  out  alack,  he  was  but  one  houre  mine. 
The  region  cloude  hath  mask'd  him  from  me  now. 
Yet  him  for  this,  my  loue  no  whit  difdaineth. 
Suns   of   the   world    may  ftaine,   when  heauens 
fun  ftaineth.  ^ 

'  ftainteh. 


Sonnets  XXX.  XXXIII.  15 

Sonnet  XXX. 
hwen  tu  de  sesTonz  ov  swi:t  sijlent  Bout 
ij  sumon  up  remembrgens  ov  eigz  psest, 
ij  sij  de  laek  ov  mgeni  ge  eir)  ij  sout, 
send  wid  ould  wo:z  niu  woeil  mij  de:r  tijmz  waest  : 
den  kaen  ij  druwn  gen  ij,  uniuzd  tu  flo:,  5 

for  presTus  frendz  hid  in  de(;)Gs  daeitles  nijt, 
send  wi:p  sefrej  luvz  loi)  sins  ksens.ld  wo:, 
aend  mo:n  dekspens  ov  maeni  se  vsenijt  sijt: 
den  kaen  ij  cjriiv  set  cjri:vaensez    forrjom, 
send  he(:)vili  from  wo:  tu  wo:  tel  o:r  10 

de  saed  aekuwnt  ov  fo:r-bimo:ned  mo:n, 
hwitj  ij  niu  paei  aez  if  not  paeid  bifo:r. 

but  if  de  hwijl  ij  Giijk  on  di:,  de:r  frend, 
a:l  losez  aer  restoird  aend  sorouz  end. 


Sonnet  XXXIII. 
ful  maeni  ae  glo:rTus  mornii]  haev  ij  si:n 
flaeter  de  muwntacin-tops  wid  sov(e)raein  ij, 
kisii)  wid  gould,n  fae:s  de  medouz  gri:n, 
gi(:)ldiT]  pae:l  stre:mz  wid  he(:)vnli  aelkimij; 
aenon  permit  de  bae:sest  kluwdz  tu  rijd  5 

wid  ugli  raek  on  hiz  selestTacl  fae:s, 
aend  from  de  forlorn  world  hiz  vizaed;  hijd, 
ste:lir)  unsi:n  tu  west  wid  dis  disgrae:s: 
i:vn  so:  mij  sun  o:n  e(:)rli  morn  did  Jijn 
wid  a:l-trijumfaent  splendor  on  mij  bruw;  10 

but  uwt,  aekck  I  hi  wacz  but  o:n  uwr  mijn ; 
de  reid^Ton  kiuwd  hae9  micskt  him  from  mi  nuw. 

jit  him  for  dis  mij  luv  no  hwit  disdycineB; 

suns  ov  de  world  maei  staein,  hwen  he(:)vnz  sun 

stccineO. 


16  Sonnets  LV.  LXXIII. 


Sonnet  LV. 


1 


Not  marble,  nor  the  guilded  monuments  ^ 
Of  Princes  fhall  out-liue  this  powrefull  rime, 
But  you  fhall  fhine  more  bright  in  thcfe  contents 
Then  vnfwept  ftone,  befmeer'd  with  fluttifh  time. 

5  When  waftefuU  warre  fhall  Statues  ouer-turne, 
And  broiles  roote  out  the  worke  of  mafonry, 
NorJ/rt;'5  his  fword,  nor  warres  quick  fire  fhall  burne^ 
The  lining  record  of  your  memory. 
Gainft  death,  and  all  obliuious  enmity  ^ 

0  Shall  you  pace  forth,  your  praife  fhall  ftil  f inde  roome, 

Euen  in  the  eyes  of  all  pofterity 

That  weare  this  world  out  to  the  ending  doome. 

So  til  the  iudgement  that  your  felfe  arife. 

You  liue  in  this,  and  dwell  in  louers  eies. 


Sonnet  LXXIII. 

That  time  of  yeare*  thou  maift  in  me  behold. 
When  yellow  leaues,  or  none,  or  few  doe  hange 
Vpon  thofe  boughes  which  fhake  againft  the  could, 
Bare  ruin'd^  quiers,  where  late  the  fweet  birds  fang. 

sin  me  thou  feeft  the  twilight  of  fuch  day, 
As  after  Sun-fet  fadeth  in  the  Weft, 
Which  by  and  by  blacke  night  doth  take  away, 
Deaths  fecond  felfe  that  feals  vp  all  in  reft. 
In  me  thou  feeft  the  glowing  of  fuch  fire, 

10  That  on  the  afhes  of  his  youth  doth  lye, 

'  monument,.    '-'  burne:.    ""  emnity.    *  yeeare.    "  rn'wd- 


Sonnets  T.V.  LXXIII.  17 


Sonnet  LV. 


not  maerb,l,  nor  de  cji(:)lded  moniuments 
ov  prinsez,  Jael  uwtliv  dis  puwrful  rijm; 
but  iu  Jael  Jijn  mo:r  brijt  in  de;z  kontents 
den  unswept  sto:n  bisme:rd  wid  slutij  tijm. 
hwen  wae(i)stful  wger  Jgel  staetiuz  overturn,  5 

aend  broilz  ru:t  uwt  de  wurk  ov  mae;sonrij, 
nor  maerz  hiz  sword  nor  wgerz  kwik  fijr  Jael  burn 
de  livii)  rekord  ov  iur  memorij. 
gaeinst  de(:)0  aend  a:l-oblivTus  enmitij 
Jael  iu  paeis  furS;  iur  praeiz  Jael  stil  fijnd  ruim         10 
i:vn  in  de  ijz  ov  a:l  posteritij 
daet  we:r  dis  world  uwt  tu  de  endii)  du:m. 
so:,  til  de  d5ud;ment  daet  iurself  aerijz, 
iu  liv  in  dis,  aend  dwel  in  luverz  ijz. 


Sonnet  LXXIII. 

daet  tijm  ov  je:r  duw  maeist  in  mi:  bihould 

hwen  jelo:  le:vz,  or  no:n,  or  feu,  du  haei) 

upon  do:z  buwz  hwitj  Jae:k  aegaeinst  de  kould, 

bae;r  riuind  kwijrz,  hwe:r  lae:t  de  swi:t  birdz  saeg. 

in  mi:  duw  si:st  de  twijlijt  ov  sutj  daei  s 

aez  aefter  sunset  fae:deO  in  de  west, 

hwitJ  bij  aend  bij  blaek  nijt  duO  tae.k  aewaei, 

de(:jes  sekond  self,  daet  se;lz  up  a;l  in  rest. 

in  mi:  duw  si:st  de  glo:iT]  ov  sutJ  fijr 

daet  on  de  sejez  ov  hiz  jiuO  duO  lij,  10 

ViStor,  Shakcipeare's  Pronunciation.     11.  •  '2 


18  SONNKTS    CIV.    CXVI. 

As  the  death  bed,  whereon  it  muft  expire, 
Confum'd  with  that  which  it  was  nurrifht  by. 

This   thou   perceiu'ft,'    which   makes   thy  loue 

more  ftrong, 

To  loue  that  well,  which  thou  muft  leaue  ere  long. 


Sonnet  CIV. 


To  me  faire  friend  you  neuer  can  be  old, 
For  as  you  were  when  firft  your  eye  I  eyde. 
Such  feemes  your  beautie  f till :  Three  Winters  colde, 
Haue  from  the  forrefts  fhooke  three  fummers  pride, 
6  Three  beautious  springs  to  yellow  Autumne  turn'd. 
In  proceffe  of  the  fealons  haue  I  feene. 
Three  Aprill  perfumes  in  three  hot  Junes  burn'd, 
Since  firft  I  faw  you  frefh  which  yet  are  greene. 
Ah  yet  doth  beauty  like  a  Dyall  hand, 
loSteale  from  his  figure,  and  no  pace  perceiu'd, 
So  your  fweete  hew,  which  me  thinkes  ftill  doth  ftand,^ 
Hath  motion,  and  mine  eye  may  be  deceaued. 
For  feare  of  which,  heare  this  thou  age  vnbred, 
Ere  you  were  borne  was  beauties  fummer  dead. 


Sonnet  CXVI. 

Let  me  not  to  the  marriage  of  true  mindes 
Admit  impediments,  loue  is  not  loue 
Which  alters  when  it  alteration  findes. 
Or  bends  with  the  remouer  to  remoue. 

*  perceu'ft.        ^  ftand  (d  imperfect). 


Sonnets  CIV.  CXVI.  19 

aez  de  de(:)9-bed  hweiron  it  must  ekspijr 
konsiumd  wid  daet  hwitj  it  waez  nurijt  bij. 

dis    duw  perseivst,    hwitJ  maeiks   dij   luv   mo:r 

stroi), 

tu  luv  daet  wel  hwitJ  duw  must  le:v  e:r  log. 


Sonnet  CIV. 


tu  mi:,  faeir  frend,  iu  never  kgen  bi  ould, 

for  aez  iu  we;r  hwen  first  iur  ij  ij  ijd, 

sutj  si:mz  iur  beuti  stil.     9ri:  winterz  kould 

haev  from  de  forests  Ju:k  Ori:  sumerz  prijd, 

eri:  beutius  sprigz  tu  jelo:  a:tum  turnd  5 

in  prorses  ov  de  se:z,nz  haev  ij  siin, 

eri:  ae:pril  perfiumz  in  Sri:  hot  d;iunz  burnd, 

sins  first  ij  sa:  iu  frej,  hwitJ  jit  cer  grim. 

aeh !  jit  du0  beuti,  lijk  a;  dijael-haend, 

steil  from  hiz  figiur,  aend  no  pae:s  perseivd;  10 

so:  iur  swiit  hiu,  hwitJ  miBiijks  stil  du9  staend, 

hae9  mo:sTon,  aend  mijn  ij  maei  bi  dese:vd: 

for  fe:r  ov  hwitJ,  he:r  dis,  duw  aeid;  unbred; 

e:r  iu  wer  born  waez  beutiz  sumer  ded. 


Sonnet  CXVI. 

let  mi  not  tu  de  mserYaed5  ov  triu  mijndz 
aedmit  impediments,     luv  iz  not  luf:)v 
hwitf  a:lterz  hwen  it  ailteraeisTon  fijndz, 
or  bendz  wid  de  remu:ver  tu  remurv 


20  Sonnet  CXVI.     From  The  Tempest. 

sO  no,  it  is  an  eucr  fixed  marke 
That  lookes  on  tempelts  and  is  neuer  shaken; 
It  is  the  ftar  to  euery  wandring  barke, 
Whole   worths   vnknowne,    although  his  hight^  be 

taken. 
Lou's  not  Times  foole,  though  rofie  lips  and  cheeks 
10  Within  his  bending  lickles  compaffe  come, 
Loue  alters  not  with  his  breefe  houres  and  weekes^ 
But  beares  it  out  euen  to  the  edge  of  doome: 
If  this  be  error  and  vpon  me  proued, 
I  neuer  writ,  nor  no  man  euer  loued. 


From  Thk  Tempest. 

Act  I.     Scene  ii. 
Ariel.   Song. 

Come  vnto  thefe  yellow  fands. 

And  then  take  hands: 
Curtfied  when  you  haue,  and  kift 
880  The  wilde  wanes  whift: 

Foote  it  featly  heere,  and  there, 
And  Iweete  Sprights  the  burthen  beare.  ^ 
Burthen  difperfedly. 

Harke,  harke,  bowgh-wowgh :  ^ 
The  watch-Dogges  barke,  bowgh-wowgh.  * 
Ar. 
886  Hark,  hark,  I  heare. 

The  ftraine  of  ftrutting  Chanticlere 
Cry  cockadidle-dowe. 

*  higth.  2  beare  the  burthen.  '  bowgh  wawgh. 

*  -wawgh. 


Sonnet  CXVI.     From  The  Tempest.  21 

CI,  no:!  it  iz  gen  ever-fiksed  maerk  5 

daet  luiks  on  tempests  aend  iz  never  Jae:k,n; 

it  iz  de  staer  tu  ev(e)ri  waendrii)  baerk 

hwuiz  wures  unknoun  a:ldou  hiz  hijt  bi  tae:k,n. 

luvz  not  tijmz  fu:l,  dou  roizi  lips  aend  tjiiks 
widin  hiz  bendir)  sik,lz  kumpses  ku(i)m;  10 

luv  a:lterz  not  wid  hiz  bri:f  uwrz  aend  wi:ks, 
but  beirz  it  uwt  i:vn  tu  de  ed;  ov  du:m. 
if  dis  bi  eror  aend  upon  mi  pru:vd, 
ij  never  writ,  nor  no:  maen  ever  lu(:)vd. 


From  The  Tempest. 

Act  I.     Scene  ii. 
aeiriel.    sog.] 

kum  untu  de:z  jelo:  saendz, 

aend  den  tae:k  haendz : 
kurtsid  hwen  iu  haev  aend  kist 

de  wijld  waeivz  hwist,  sso 

fu:t  it  feitli  he:r  aend  de:r; 
aend,  swi:t  sprijts,  de  burd,n  be:r. 

burd,n  (dispersedli).] 

haerk,  haerk!  buw-wuw. 

de  waetj-dofjz  baerk:  buw-wuw. 
aeiriel.] 

haerk,  haerk!     ij  he:r  ass 

de  straein  ov  strutii)  tjaentikleir 

krij,  kok-ae-did,l-duw. 


22  From  The  Tempest. 

Ariell.    Song. 

396       Full  fadom  fiue  thy  Father  lies, 

Of  his  bones  are  Corrall  made : 
Thofe  are  pearles  that  were  his  eies, 

Nothing  of  him  that  doth  fade, 
But  doth  fuffer  a  Sea-change 
400        Into  fomething  rich,  and  ftrange: 
Sea-Nimphs  hourly  ring  his  knell. 

Burthen. 

Ding-dong.  * 
Ar.^ 

Harke  now  I  heare  them,  ding-dong  bell. 


Act  IV.     Scene  i. 

Our  Reuels  now  are  ended :  Thefe  our  actors, 
(As  I  foretold  you)  were  all  Spirits,  and 

150  Are  melted  into  Ayre,  into  thin  Ay  re. 

And  like  the  bafeleffe  fabricke  of  this  vifion 
The  Clowd-capt  Towres,  the  gorgeous  Pallaces, 
The  folemne  Temples,  the  great  Globe  it  felfe. 
Yea,  all  which  it  inherit,  fhall  diffolue, 

155  And  like  this  inlubftantiall  Pageant  faded 
Leaue  not  a  racke  behinde :  we  are  fuch  ftuffe 
As  dreames  are  made  on-  and  our  little  life 
Is  rounded  with  a  fleepe. 


ding  dong.  ^  Not  in  F. 


From  The  Tempest.  23 

aeiriel.    soi).] 

ful  faedom  fijv  dij  fseder  lijz;  395 

ov  hiz  bo:nz  ser  korgel  mseid; 
doiz  ser  pe(:)rlz  dget  wer  hiz  ijz: 

noeii)  ov  him  daet  du6  fseid 
but  due  sufer  se  sei-tjaend; 

intu  sumeii)  ritj  send  straend^.  *o<» 

se;-nimfs  uwrli  rii)  hiz  knel : 

burd,n.] 

dig-doi]. 
ae:rTel.] 

haerk!  nuw  ij  he:r  dem,  — dilj-doi),  bel. 


Act  IV.     Scene  i. 

uwr  rev^lz  nuw  ger  ended.     de:z  uwr  sektorz, 

aez  ij  foirtould  iu,  wer  ail  spirits  gend 

XT  melted  intu  seir,  intu  em  aeir:  150 

gend,  lijk  de  bseisles  fsebrik  ov  dis  vizTon, 

de  kluwd-ka;pt  tuwrz,  de  cjord5Tus  pgelgesez, 

de  solem  temp,lz,  de  greit  glo:b  itself, 

je:,  a:l  hwitj  it  inherit,  Jgel  dizolv 

aend,  lijk  dis  insubstaensTacl  paed5ent  faeided,  155 

Ie:v  not  ae  raek  bihijnd.     wi  ae:r  sutj  stuf 

sez  dre:mz  aer  maeid  on,  aend  uwr  lit,l  lijf 

iz  ruwnded  wid  se  sli:p. 


24         From  The  Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

Act  V.     Scene   i. 
Artell  fings. 

Where  the  Bee  fucks,  there  fuck  I, 

In  a  CowfHps  bell,  I  lie, 
90       There  I  cowch  when  Owles  doe  crie, 

On  the  Batts  backe  I  doe  flie 

After  Sommer  merrily. 
Merrily,  merrily,  fhall  I  Hue  now, 
Under  the  bloffom  that  hangs  on  the  Bow, 


From  The  Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

Act  IV.     Scene  ii. 
Song. 
Who  is  Siluia'y  what  is  fhe? 
40  That  all  our  Swaines  commend  her? 

Holy,  faire,  and  wife  is  fhe. 

The  heauen  fuch  grace  did  lend  her, 
That  fhe  might  admired  be. 

Is  fhe  kinde  as  fhe  is  faire? 
46  For  beauty  Hues  with  kindneffe: 

Loue  doth  to  her  eyes  repaire, 

To  helpe  him  of  his  blindneffe: 
And  being  help'd,  inhabits  there. 

Then  to  Siluia,  let  vs  fing, 
60  That  Siluia  is  excelling; 

She  excels  each  mortall  thing 

Vpon  the  dull  earth  dwelling. 
To  her  let  vs  Garlands  bring. 


From  The  Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona.  25 

Act  V.     Scene  i. 
3e:rTel  sigz.] 

hweir  de  bi:  suks,  deir  suk  ij : 

in  3e  kuwslips  bel  ij  lij; 

de:r  ij  kuwtj  hwen  uwlz  du  krij.  90 

on  de  basts  bask  ij  du  flij 

aefter  sumer  merilij. 
merili,  merili  Jael  ij  liv  nuw 
under  de  blosom  daet  hsegz  on  de  buw. 


From  The  Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

Act  IV.     Scene  ii. 
[soi].] 

hwu:  iz  silvi^e?  hw«t  iz  Jir, 

daet  a:l  uwr  swaeinz  komend  her?  40 

hoili,  fccir,  aend  wijz  iz  Ji:; 

de  he(:)vn  sutj  rjnEis  did  lend  her, 
daet  Ji  mijt  icdmijred  bi:. 

iz  Ji  kijnd  aez  Ji  iz  fasir? 

for  beuti  livz  wid  kijndnes.  45 

luv  due  tu  her  ijz  repaeir, 

tu  help  him  ov  hiz  blijndnes, 
aend,  bi:ir)  heipt.  inh;ebits  de:r. 

den  tu  silviae  let  us  sir), 

daet  silviae  iz  ekselig ;  50 

Ji:  ekselz  c:tj  mortid  eir) 

upon  de  dul  e(:)re  dwclir) : 
tu  her  let  us  ();crla:ndz  briij. 


26  From  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

From  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

Act  I.     Scene   i. 

Shallow.    Sir  Hugh,  perfwade  me  not :  I  will 

make  a  Star-Chamber  matter  of  it,  if  hee  were  twenty 

Sir   lohn  Falftaffs  ,'^   he    fhall   not  abufe  Robert 

Shallow  Efquire. 

5        Slcn.     In   the   County  of  Glocejter,  lustice  of 

Peace  and  Coram. 

Shal.     I  (Cofen  Slender)  and  Cujt-alorum. 
Slen.     I,  and  Rato  lorum  too;  and  a  Gentle- 
man  borne   (Mafter   Parfon)   who   writes   himselfe 
10 Armigero,    in   any   Bill,   Warrant,    Quittance,    or 
Obligation,  Armigero. 

Shal.      I  that  I  doe,  and  haue  done  any  time 
thefe  three  hundred  yeeres. 

Slen.     All    his    fucceffors    (gone   before   him) 
15 hath  don't:  and  all  his  Anceftors  (that  come  after 
him)  may:    they  may  giue  the  dozen  white  Luces 
in  their  Coate. 

Shal.     It  is  an  olde  Coate. 
Euans.    The  dozen  white  Lowfes  doe  become 
20  an   old  Coat  well :    it  agrees  well  passant :  It  is  a 
familiar  beaft  to  man,  and  fignifies  Loue. 

Shal.    The  Lufe  is  the  frefh-fish,  the  falt-fifh, 
is  an  old  Coate. 


Fal.    Now,  Mafter  Shallow,  you'll  complaine 
of  me  to  the  King? 

Shal.    Knight,  you  have  beaten  my  men,  kill'd 
115  my  deere,  and  broke  open  my  Lodge. 

Fal.    But  not  kifs'd  your  Keepers  daughter? 

'  Falftoffs. 


From  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor.  27 

From  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 
Act  I.     Scene   i. 

Jaelo:.]  sir  hiu,  perswaeid  mi  not:  ij  wilmseikae 
staer-tjsember  maeter  ov  it:  if  hi  wer  twenti  sir 
dz,on  failstgefs,  hi  Jgel  not  aebiuz  robert  Jaelo:, 
eskwijr. 

slender.]     in    de  kuwnti  ov  gloster,  dgustis  ov  5 
pe:s  gend  koiraem. 

Jaelo:.]     ij,  kuz,n  slender,  send  kustgeloirum. 

slender.]    ij,  send  raeto-loirum  tu: ;  a^nd  ae  d5ent,l- 
maen   born,    msester   paerson;    hwu:    wrijts   himself 
aermid5ero:,    in  aeni  bil,  waersent,  kwitaens,  or  obli- 10 
gaeisTon,  asrmid^ero:. 

Jaelo:.]  ij,  dset  ij  du:;  aend  hi^v  dun  aeni  tijm 
de:z  eri:  hundred  je:rz. 

slender.]    a:l  hiz  suksesorz  go:n  bifoir  him  hae6 
dunt,    aend   a:l   hiz   aensestorz   daet   kum  asfter  him  15 
maei :    daei   maei    giv   de  duz,n  hwijt  liusez  in  dccir 
ko:t. 

Jaelo:.]     it  iz  aen  ould  ko:t. 

evaenz.]     de   duz,n  hwijt  luwsez  du  bikum  aen 
ould    ko:t    wel;    it    aegri:z    wel,    pacsaent;    it   iz   ae2u> 
faemilTaer  be:st  tu  maen,  aend  signifijz  luv. 

Jaelo:.]  de  lius  iz  de  frej  fij;  de  sa:lt  fij  iz  aen 
ould  ko:t. 


fa:lsta;f.]  nuw,  ma;ster  JaL-lo:,  iul  komplaein  ov 
mi  tu  de  kig? 

Jaelo:.]  knijt,  iu  haev  be:t,n  mij  men,  kild  mij 
de:r,  aend  bro:k  o:p,n  mij  lod5.  115 

fa:lstaef.]     but  not  kist  iur  ki:perz  da:ter? 


28  From  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

Shal.     Tut,  a  pin:  this  fhall  be  anfwer'd. 
Fal.   I  will  anfwere  it  ftrait,  I  hauc  done  all  this : 
That  is  now  anfwer'd. 
120         Shal.     The  Councell  fhall  know  this. 

Fal.  'Twere  better  for  you  if  it  were  known 
in  councell:  you'll  be  laugh'd  at. 

Eu.    Pauca  verba;  (Sir  lohn)  good  worts. 
Fal.     Good   worts?    good  Cabidge;    Slender, 
126 1  broke  your  head :  what  matter  haue  you  againft  me  ? 
Slen.     Marry  fir,    I   haue   matter  in  my  head 
againft  you,  and  againft  your  cony-catching  Rafcalls, 
Bardolf,  Nym,  and  Piftoll. 
180  Bar.     You  Banbery  Cheefe. 

Slen.     I,  it  is  no  matter. 
Pift.     How  now,  Mephostophilus? 
Slen.     I,  it  is  no  matter. 
Nym.    Slice,  I  fay;  pauca, pauca:  Slice,  that's 
135  my  humor. 

Slen.  Where's  Simple  my  man?  can  you 
tell,  Cofen? 

Eua.  Peace,  I  pray  you:  now  let  vs  vnder- 
lioftand:  there  is  three  Vmpires  in  this  matter,  as  I 
vnderftand;  that  is,  Mafter  Page  (fidelicet  Mafter 
Page)  and  there  is  my  felfe,  (fidelicet  my  felfe) 
and  the  three  party  is  (laftly,  and  finally)  mine  Hoft 
of  the  Garter.^ 

Ma.  Pa.    We  three  to  hear  it,  and  end  it  be- 
i45tween  them. 

Euan.  Ferry  goot,^  I  will  make  a  priefe  of  it 
in  my  note-booke,  and  we  wil  afterwards  orke  vpon 
the  caufe,  with  as  great  dif erectly  as  we  can. 

* 
^  Cater.  ^  goo't. 


From  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor.  29 

Jselo:.]     tut,  ae  pin!     dis  Jgel  bi  aenswerd. 

failstaef.J  ij  wil  answer  it  strgeit;  ij  hgev  dun 
a:l  dis.     daet  iz  nuw  genswerd. 

Jselo:.]     de  kuwnsel  Jgsl  kno:  dis.  120 

failstaef.]  twer  beter  for  iu  if  it  wer  knoun 
in  kuwnsel:  iul  bi  Igeft  set. 

evsenz.]     pa:kge  verbse,  sir  d^on;  gud  worts.  ^ 

failstsef.]  gud  worts!'  gud  kaebid;.  slender,  ij 
bro:k  iur  hed:  hwaet  maeter  hsev  iu  segaeinst  mi:?  125 

slender.]  meeri,  sir,  ij  haev  mseter  in  mij  hed 
aegaeinst  iu;  aend  aegaeinst  iur  kuni-kaetjiij  raeskaelz, 
baerdolf,  nim,  send  pistol. 

baerdolf.]     iu  baenberi  tji:z!  130 

slender.]     ij,  it  iz  no  maeter. 

pistol.]     huw  nuw,  mefostofilus  ! 

slender.]     ij,  it  iz  no  maeter. 

nim.  slijs,  ij  saei!  pa:kae,  pa:kac:  slijs!  daets 
mij  hiumor.  isb 

slender.]  hwe:rz  simp,l,  mij  maen?  kaen  iu 
tel,  kuz,n? 

evaenz.]  pe:s,  ij  praci  iu.  nuw  let  us  under- 
staend.  der  iz  eri:  umpijrz  in  dis  maeter,  aez  ij  uo 
understacnd;  da;t  iz,  maester  p3e:d5,  fideliset  master 
pae:d5;  aend  der  iz  mijself,  fideliset  mijself;  aend 
de  eri:  paerti  iz,  laestli  aend  fijnacli,  mijn  ho:st  ov 
de  gaerter. 

maester  piE:d5.]  wi:  Ori:,  tu  he:r  it  aend  end  it 
bitwi:n  dem.  145 

evaenz.]  feri  gut:  ij  wil  miL':k  cC  pri:f  ov  it  in 
mij  no:t-bu:k ;  send  wi  wil  icfterwierdz  urk  upon 
de  ka:z  wid  aez  gre:t  diskri:tli  aez  wi  kaen. 

* 
'  Or  wurts. 


30  From  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

Act  IV.     Scene  i. 

10         Mijt.  Pag.    How  now  Sir  Hugh,  no  Schoole 
to  day? 

Etta.     No:   Matter   Slender  is  let  the  Boyes 
leaue  to  play. 

Qui.     'Bleffing  of  his  heart. 
16         Mift.  Pag.    Sir  Hugh,   my  husband  faies  my 
fonne   profits   nothing   in  the  world  at  his  Booke: 
I  pray  you  aske  him  lome  queftions  in  his  Accidence. 
Eu.      Come   hither    William;    hold   vp   your 
head;  come. 
20         Mift.  Pag.     Come -on  Sirha;    hold    vp    your 
head;  anfwere  your  Mafter,  be  not  afraid. 

Eua.      William,    how   many    Numbers    is    in 
Nownes  ? 

Will.    Two. 

Qui.     Truely,    I   thought   there    had   bin   one 
26  Number  more,  becaufe  they  fay  od's-Nownes. 

Eua.     Peace,  your  tatlings.     What  is  (Faire) 
William  ? 

Will.    Pulcher. 

Qu.     PowlcatsV  there   are   fairer  things  then 
aoPowlcats,  fure. 

Eua.    You  are  a  very  fimplicity  'oman:  ^  I  pray 
you  peace.     What  is  (Lapis)   William? 
Will.     A  Stone. 

Eua.     And  what  is  a  Stone  (William  ?J 
35  Will.     A  Peeble. 

Eua.     No;  it  is  Lapis:  I  pray  you  remember 
in  your  praine. 
Will.    Lapis. 


From  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor.  31 

Act  IV.     Scene  i. 

mistres  paeid;.]     huw  nuw,    sir  hiu!   no:  skuilio 
tu-daei  ? 

evgenz.]    no:;  maester  slender  iz  let  de  boiz  le:v 
tu  plsei. 

kwikli.]     blesii)  ov  hiz  hsert! 

mistres  pae:d;.]    sir  hiu,  mij  huzbaend  saeiz  mij 
sun  profits  noGii]  in  de  world  get  his  bu;k.    ij  praei  is 
iu,  aesk  him  sum  kwestionz  in  hiz  aeksidens. 

evaenz.]      kum   hider,    wilTaem;    hould   up   iur 
hed;  kum. 

mistres   pae:d;.]     kum  on,    sirae;   hould  up  iur  20 
hed;  aenswer  iur  maester,  bi:  not  aefraeid.  ' 

evaenz.]      wilTaem,    huw   mseni  numberz   iz  in 
nuwnz  V 

wilTijem.]     tu:. 

kwikli.    triuli,  ij  0out  der  haed  bin  o;n  number  25 
mo:r,  bika:z  daei  saei,  "odz  nuwnz." 

evaenz.]      pe:s    iur    taetlirjz!    hwaet   iz   "faeir," 
wilTaem  ? 

wilTaem.]     pulker. 

kwikli.]    poulkaets!    der  aer  faeirer   6ii)z   daen 
poulk'dets,  siur.  30 

evaenz.]    iu  aer  ae  veri  simplisiti  umaen :  ij  praei 
iu,  pe:s.     hwict  iz  "laepis,"  wilTicm? 

wilTaem.]     ae  sto:n. 

evaenz.]     aend  hwaet  iz  ae  sto:n,  wilTaem? 

wiiTaem.]     ae  pi:b,l.  85 

evaenz.]    no:,  it  iz  "kepis :"  ij  praei  iu,  remember 
in  iur  pracin. 

wilTaem.]     l-.cpis. 


32     From  The  Merry  Wives  ok  Windsor. 

40         Eiia.     That   is   a   good   William:  what  is  he 
(WiUiani)  that  do's  lend  Articles, 

Will.  Articles  are  borrowed  of  the  Pronoune; 
and  be  thus  declined.  Singtilariter  nominatiuo 
hie,  Jtccc,  hoc. 
45  Eiia.  Nominatiuo  hig ,  hag,  hog:  pray  you 
marke :  genititio  hiiius :  Well :  what  is  your  Accufa- 
tiue  cafe? 

Will.    Accufatitio  hinc. 

Eua.      I    pray    you    haue   your   remembrance 
(childe)  Accufatiuo  hing,  hang,  hog. 
50         Qu.     Hang-hog,  is  latten  for  Bacon,  I  warrant 
you. 

Eu.    Shew  me  now  (William.)  fome  declenlions 
of  your  Pronounes. 

Will.     Forfooth,  I  haue  forgot. 
80         Eti.    It  is  Qui,  que,  quod;  if  you  forget  your 
Quies,   your  Ques,  and  your  Quods,  you  muft  be 
preeches:  Goe  your  waies  and  play,  go. 

M.  Pag.    He  is  a  better  fchoUer  then  I  thought 
he  was. 
85         Eu.      He    is    a   good  fprag-memory :   Farewel 
Mis.  Page. 

Mif.  Page.    Adieu  good  Sir  Hugh:  Get  you 
home  boy,  Come  we  ftay  too  long. 


From  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor.  33 


*> 


evaenz.]  dast  iz  ae  (jud  wilTsem.  hwaet  iz  hi:, 
wilTcCm,  dget  duz  lend  rcrtik,lz?  40 

wilTaem.]  3crtik,lz  aer  boroud  ov  de  pro:nuwn, 
aend  bi  dus  deklijnd,  sii]fjiulae:riter,  nominaetijvo:, 
hik,  haek,  ^  hok. 

evaenz.]    nominaetijvo:,  hicj,  haeg,  hog :  praei  iu, 
mitrk :  d;enitijvo:,  hiud;us.   wel,  hwaet  iz  iur  aekiuzae-  45 
tiv  kae:sV 

wilTaem.]     aikiuzsetijvo:,  hiijk. 

evaenz.]  ij  praei  iu,  haeiv  iur  remembraens,  tjijld; 
aekiuzactijvo:,  huijg,  haei]g,  hog. 

kwikli.]      "ha2i]-hog"    iz   laet,n  for   baeik.n,    ijso 
waeraent  iu. 


evaenz.]    Jo;  mi  nuw,  v^ilTaem,  sum  deklensTonz 
ov   iur  pro.nuwnz. 

wilTtcm.]     forsu:0,  ij  haev  forgot. 

evaenz.]     it  iz  kwij,    kwe:,    kwod:   if  iu  forget 
iur   "kwijz,"   iur   "kwe:z,"   aend   iur   "kvsrodz/'   iuso 
must  bi  priitjez.     go:  iur  waeiz,  aend  plaei;  go:, 

mistres  paeid;.]     hi   iz   as   beter   skoler   den  ij 
eout  hi  Wicz, 

evienz.]    hi  iz  ae  gud  spraeg  memori.    fae:r\vel,  85 
mistres  pae:dz. 

mistres    picid;.]     -ccdiu,    gud   sir   hiu.     get   iu 
ho:m,  boi.     kum,  wi  staci  tu:  lor). 


'  Or  hc^.-.k;  hut  cf.  I.  44. 

Victor,  Shakespeare'*  rronunriation.     II.  3 


34  From  Measure  kor  Measure. 

From  Measure  for  Measure. 

Act  II.     Scene  ii. 

Ifab.  Yet  fhew  fome  pittie. 

100  -^ng-    I  fhew  it  moft  of  all,  when  I  fhow  luftice  •, 

For  then  I  pittie  thofe  I  doe  not  know, 
Which  a  difmis'd  offence,  would  after  gaule 
And  doe  him  right,  that  anfwering  one  foule  wrong 
Liues  not  to  act  another.     Be  fatisfied ; 

105 Your  Brother  dies  to  morrow;  be  content. 

Ifab.    So  you  muft  be  the  firft  that  giues  this 

fentence, 
And  hee,  that  fuffers:  Oh,  it  is  excellent 
To  haue  a  Giants  ftrength :  but  it  is  tyrannous 
To  vfe  it  like  a  Giant. 

Luc.  That's  well  fa  id. 

110  Iff^fJ-     Could  great  men  thunder 

As  loue  himselfe  do's,  loue  would  neuer  be  quiet, 
For  euery  pelting  petty  Officer 
Would  vfe  his  heauen  for  thunder; 
Nothing  but  thunder:  Mercifull  heauen, 

115  Thou  rather  with  thy  fharpe  and  fulpherous  bolt 
Splits  the  vn-wedgable  and  gnarled  Oke, 
Then  the  soft  Mertill :  But  man,  proud  man, 
Dreft  in  a  little  briefe  authoritie, 
Moft  ignorant  of  what  he's  moft  affur'd, 

120  (His  glafsie  Effence)  like  an  angry  Ape 

Plaies  fuch  phantaftique  tricks  before  high  heauen, 
As  makes  the  Angels  weepe :  who  with  our  fpleenes, 
Would  all  themfelues  laugh  mortall. 


From  Measure  for  Measure.  35 

From  Measure  for  Measure. 
Act  II.     Scene  ii. 

izaebelge.]  jit  Jo:  sum  piti. 

aend^elo:.]    ij  Jo;  itmo:stova:lhwenijJo:d5ustis;  loo 
for  den  ij  piti  do:z  ij  du  not  kno:, 
hwitj  ae  dismist  ofens  wu:ld  etfter  ga:l; 
aend  du:  him  rijt  dset,  aenswerii)  o:n  fuwl  wroi), 
livz  not  tu  aekt  genuder.     bi:  ssetisfijd; 
iur  bruder  dijz  tu-moro:;  bi:  kontent.  105 

izaebelge.]    so  iu  must  bi  de  first  daet  givz  dis 

sentens, 
aend  hi:,  daet  suferz.     o:,  it  iz  ekselent 
tu  haeiv  gc  dzija;nts  strer)0;  but  it  iz  tiraenus 
tu  iuz  it  lijk  ae  dgijaent. 

liusTo:.]  daets  wel  saeid. 

izsebelae.]     ku:ld  gre:t  men  Gunder  110 

aez  d5o:v  himself  duz,  d50:v  wu:ld  ne:r  bi  kwijet, 
for  ev(e)ri  peltii],  pcti  ofiser 
wu:ld  iuz  hiz  he(:)vn  for  0under; 
noeii)  but  Sunder!  mersiful  he(:)vn, 
duw  raider  wid  dij  Ja:rp  ccnd  sulf(e)rus  boult  115 

splits  de  unwcd5iL*b,l  cc-nd  gnajrled  o:k 
den  de  soft  mirt,l :  but  mjen,  pruwd  maen, 
drest  in  ae  lit,l  bri:f  a:6oriti. 
mo:st  ignoraent  of  hwaet  hi:z  mo:st  aesiurd, 
hiz  glaesi  esens,  lijk  xn  icijgri  ae:p,  120 

plauiz  sutj  fajntaestik  triks  bi[o:r  hij  he(:)vn 
aez  ma::ks  de  aend;,lz  wi:p;  hwu:,  wid  uwr  spli:nz, 
wu;ld  a:l  demselvz  leef  mortal. 


36  Fkom  Measure  for  Measure. 

Act  III.     Scene  I. 

[fa.    What  faies  my  brother? 

Cla.  Death  is  a  fearefuU  thing. 

ija.    And  fhamed  life,  a  hatefull. 

Cla.    I,  but  to  die,  and  go  we  know  not  where, 
To  lie  in  cold  obftruction,  and  to  rot, 
120  This  fenfible  warme  motion,  to  become 
A  kneaded  clod;  And  the  delighted  fpirit 
To  bath  in  fierie  floods,  or  to  recide 
In  thrilling  Region  of  thicke-ribbed  Ice, 
To  be  imprifon'd  in  the  viewleffe  windes 
125  And  blowne  with  reftleffe  violence  round  about 
The  pendant  world:  or  to  be  worfe  then  worft 
Of  thofe,  that  lawleffe  and  incertaine  thought. 
Imagine  howling,  'tis  too  horrible. 
The  wearicft,  and  moft  loathed  worldly  life 
130 That  Age,  Ache,  peniury,^  and  imprifonment 
Can  lay  on  nature,  is  a  Paradife 
To  what  we  feare  of  death. 


Act  IV.     Scene  i. 
Song. 
Take,  oh  take  thofe  lips  away, 

That  fo  fweetly  were  forfworne, 
And  thofe  eyes:  the  breake  of  day, 
Lights  that  do  miflead  the  Morne, 
6  But  my  kiffes  bring  againe,  bring  againe. 
Scales  of  loue,  but  feal'd  in  vaine,  feal'd  in 

vaine. 


perlurJ^ 


From  Measure  for  Measure.  37 

Act  III.     Scene   i. 

izaebelas.]    hwaet  s?eiz  niij  bruder? 

klaidio:.]  de(:)e  iz  se  feirful  eii]. 

izaebelcE.]    gend  Jae:med   lijf  ?e  haeitful. 

klaidio:.]    ij,  but  tu  dij,  icnd  cjo:  wi  kno:  not  hweir; 
tu  lij  in  kould  obstruksTon  aend  tu  rot; 
dis  sensib.l  wserm  mo:sTon  tu  bikuni  i>o 

36  kne(:)ded  klod;  send  de  delijted  spirit 
tu  b?e:d  in  fijri  fiudz.  or  tu  rezijd 
in  erilii)  re:d;Ton  ov  eik-ribed  ijs: 
tu  bi  impriz,nd  in  de  viules  v.MJndz. 
aend  bloun  wid  restles  vij(o)lens  ruwnd  icbuwt         125 
de  pendaent  world;  or  tu  bi  wurs  den  wurst 
ov  doiz  daet  lailes  aend  insertsein  Gout 
imaed^in  huwlii] :  tiz  tu:  horib,! ! 
de  we:rTest  aend  moist  loided  worldli  lijf 
daet  aeid;,  aeitj",  peniurT  aend  impriz^nment  130 

kaen  laei  on  naertiur  iz  ic  paertcdijs 
tu  hwaet  wi  fe:r  ov  de(:)0. 


Act  IV.     Scene  i. 
[sop.] 
tae.'k,  o;,  tae:k  do:z  lips  aewaci, 

daet  so  swiitli  wer  forsworn; 
send  do:z  ijz,  de  bre:k  ov  dici, 
lijts  daet  du  misleid  dc  morn: 
but  mij  kiscz  brir)  xgx'm,  brii)  aeg^ein; 
se;lz    ov    luv,    but   se:ld    in  viuin,    se:ld    in 

Vfcin, 


38  From  Much  Ado  auout  Nothing. 

From  Much  Ado  about  Nothing. 

Act  II.     Scene  hi. 
Sojtg. 
Sigh  no  more  Ladies,  figh  no  more, 
(js  Men  were  deceiuers  euer, 

One  foote  in  Sea,  and  one  on  fhore, 

To  one  thing  conftant  neuer, 
Then  figh  not  fo,  but  let  them  goe. 
And  be  you  blithe  and  bonnie, 
70        Conuerting  all  your  founds  of  woe, 
Into  hey  nony  nony. 

Sing  no  more  ditties,  fing  no  moe, 

Of  dumps  fo  dull  and  heauy. 
The  fraud  of  men  was  ^  ever  fo, 
75  Since  fummer  firft  was  leauy. 

Then  figh  not  fo,  &c. 


Act  III.     Scene   i. 

Hero.  O  God  of  loue !    I  know  he  doth  deferue. 
As  much  as  may  be  yeelded  to  a  man. 
But  Nature  neuer  fram'd  a  womans  heart, 

50 Of  prowder  ftuffe  then  that  of  Beatrice: 

Difdaine  and  Scorne  ride  fparkling  in  her  eyes, 
Mif-prizing  what  they  looke  on,  and  her  wit 
Values  it  felfe  fo  highly,  that  to  her 
All  matter  elfe  feemes  weake :  fhe  cannot  loue, 

55  Nor  take  no  fhape  nor  proiect  of  affection, 
Shee  is  fo  felfe  indcared. 

'  were  F,  was  Q. 


From  Much  Ado  about  Nothing.  39 

From  Much  Ado  about  Nothing. 

Act  II.     Scene  hi. 
[sog.] 
sij  no  mo:r,  lae:diz,  sij  no  mo:r, 

men  wer  deseiverz  ever,  cs 

o:n  fu:t  in  se:  aend  o:n  on  Jo:r, 

tu  o;n  eiij  konstgent  never: 
den  sij  not  so:,  but  let  dem  go:, 

send  bi:  iu  blijd  gend  boni, 
konvaertir]  a:l  iur  suwndz  ov  wo:  70 

intu  h?ei  noni,  noni. 

sir]  no  mo:r  ditiz,  sir)  no  mo:, 

ov  dumps  so  dul  aend  he:vi-, 
de  fra;d  ov  men  waez  ever  so:, 

sins  sumer  first  waez  le:vi :  7.5 

den  sij  not  .so:,  &c. 


Act  III.     Scene  i. 

he:ro:.]    o:  (jod  ov  luv!    ij  kno:  hi  du9  dezerv 
ii-z  mutj  SEZ  m-ciei  bi  ji:lded  tu  ae  masn: 
but  n;c:tiur  never  fraE:md  ae  wumaenz  haert 
ov  pruwder  .stuf  den  d;vt  ov  be:x'tris;  so 

disdeein  aend  skorn  rijd  spicrklii]  in  her  ijz, 
misprijzing  hwa;t  did  lu:k  on,  i^end  her  wit 
Vctliuz  itself  so  hijii  da;t  tu  her 
a:l  myjter  els  si:mz  we:k :  Ji  kitnot  luv, 
nor  tae:k  no  Jae:p  nor  prod5ekt  ov  ;cfeksTon,  55 

Ji  iz  so  sclf-inde:rd. 


40  From  Much  Ado  ahout  Nothinc. 

Vrfitla.  Sure  1  thinke  fo, 

And  therefore  certainely  it  were  not  good 
She  knew  his  loue,  left  fhe  make  fport  at  it. 

Hero.    Wh)-  you  fpeake  truth,  T  neuer  yet  faw 

man, 

euHow  wife,  how  noble,  yong,  how  rarely  featur'd, 
But  fhe  would  fpell  him  backward:  if  faire  fac'd. 
She  would  fweare  the  gentleman  fhould  be  her  fitter : 
If  blacke,  why  Nature  drawing  of  an  anticke, 
Made  a  foul  blot:  if  tall,  a  launce  ill  headed: 

65 If  low,  an  agot  very  vildlie  cut: 
If  fpeaking,   why  a  vane  blowne  with  all  windes: 
If  filent,  why  a  blocke  moued  with  none. 
So  turnes  fhe  euery  man  the  wrong  fide  out, 
And  neuer  giues  to  Truth  and  Vertue,  that 

70  Which  fimpleneffe  and  merit  purchafeth. 


./  Act  IV.     Scene  e 

Bene.  Lady  Beatrice,  haue  you  wept  all  this" 
while  ? 

Beat.  Yea,  and  I  will  weepe  a  while  longer. 

Bene.  I  will  not  defire  that. 

260         Beat.  You  haue  no  reafon,  I  doe  it  freel}'. 

Bene.  Surelie   I   do  beleeue  your  fair  cofin  is 
wrong 'd. 

Beat.  Ah,  how  much  might  the  man  deferue 
of  mee  that  would  right  her! 

265  Bene.  Is  there  any  waytofhewfuchfriendfhip? 

Beat.  A  verie  euen  way,  but  no  fuch  friend. 

Bene.  May  a  man  doe  it? 

Beat.  It  is  a  mans  office,  but  not  yours. 


From  Much  Ado  about  Nothing.  41 

ursiulse.]  siur,  ij  6ii]k  so:; 

aend  de:rfo:r  sertseinli  it  wer  not  gud 
Ji  kniu  hiz  luv,  lest  Ji  mserk  sport  aet  it. 

he.To:.]     hwij,  iu  spe:k  triu9.    ij  never  jit  sa; 

msen, 
huw  wijz,  huw  no:b,I,  juij,  huw  rae:rli  feitiurd,        go 
but  Ji  wu:ld  spel  him  b-ekwgerd:  if  fteir-fse:st, 
Ji:ld  swe:r   de  dzent.lmien  Ju:ld  bi  her  sister; 
if  blsek,  hwij,  naeitiur,  draiii]  ov  aen  sentik, 
mae:d  ae   fuwl  blot;  if  tail,  se  Itens  il-heded; 
if  lo:,  gen  ct-ga-t  ^  veri  vijldli  kut ;  es 

if  speikiij,  hwij,  te  viein  bloun  wid  a:l  wijndz; 
if  sijlent,  hwij  as  blok  mu;ved  wid  no:n. 
so  turnz  Ji  ev(e)ri  macn  de  wroij  sijd  uwt, 
send  never  fjivz  tu  triu9  acnd  vertiu  diet 
hwitj  simpjlnes  send  merit  purtJasseO.  70 


Act  IV.     Scene  i. 

benedik.]  laeidi  beiaetris,  haev  iu  wept  a:l  dis 
hwijlV 

be:aetris.]  je:,  aend  ij  wil  wi:p  ae  hwijl  loijger. 

benedik.]  ij  wil  not  dezijr  daet. 

beia^tris.]  iu  hiev  no  re;z,n;  ij  du:  it  fri:li.       gr.o 

benedik.]  siurli  ij  du  bili:v  iur  fteir  kuz.n  iz 
wrogd. 

be;aetris.J  ;eh,  huw  mutj  mijt  de  mecn  dczerv 
ov  mi  dact  wu:Id  rijt  her ! 

benedik.]  iz  dcr  leni  Wici  tu  Jo:  sutj  frendjip?  265 

be:a;tris.]  ae  veri  i:v,n  w;ei,  but  no:  sutj  frcnd. 

benedik.]  ma,M  ;e  mien  du:  itV 

be:aetris.]  it  iz  ;e  ma.nz  ofis,  but  not  iurz. 

'  Hardly  3ej>:ot. 


42  From  Love's  Labour's  Lost. 

Bene.    I  doe  loue  nothing  in  the  world  fo  well 
270 as  you,  is  not  that  ftrange  V 

Bent.    As   ftrange   as   the   thing    I  know  not, 

it   were  as  poffible  for  me  to  fay,  I  loued  nothing 

fo  well  as  you,    but  belceue  me  not,  and  yet  I  lie 

275  not,  I  confeffe  nothing,  nor  I  deny  nothing,    I  am 

iovry  for  my  coufin. 

Bene.    By  my  fword  Beatrice  thou  lou'ft  me. 

Beat.    Doe  not  fwear  by  it  and  eat  it. 

Bene.    I  will  fweare  by  it  that  you  loue  mee, 
and  I  will  make  him  eat  it  that  fayes  I  loue  not  you. 
280         Beat.    Will  you  not  eat  your  word? 

Bene.     With  no  fa  wee  that  can  be  deuifed  to 
it,  I  proteft  I  loue  thee. 

Beat.    Why  then  God  forgiue  me. 

Bene.    What  offence  fweet  Beatrice? 
285         Beat.    You  haue  ftayed  me  in  a  happy  howre, 
I  was  about  to  proteft  I  loued  you. 

Bene.    And  doe  it  with  all  thy  heart. 

Beat.    I  [loue  you  with  fo  much  of  my  heart, 
that  none  is  left  to  proteft. 


From  Love's  Labour's  Lost. 

Acr  II.     Scene  i. 

Another  of  thefe  Students  at  that  time, 
csWas  there  with  him,  if  I  haue  heard  a  truth. 
Berownc  they  call  him,  but  a  merrier  man. 
Within  the  limit  of  becomming  mirth, 
I  neuer  fpent  an  houres  taike  withall. 

'  as  F,  if  Q. 


i 


From  Love's  Labour's  Lost.  43 

benedik.]    ij  du  luv  no0ii)  in  de  world  so  wel 
gez  iu:  iz  not  dset  straend;?  270 

beisetris.]    a;z  ^straend;    aez   de  eii)  ij  kno:  not, 
it   wer   iEZ   posib,l    for   mi  tu  saei  ij  luvd  no0ii)  so 
wel    aez    iu:    but   biliiv    mi    not;    send  jit  ij  lij  not; 
ij   konfes  noeir) ,    nor   ij   denij   no0ii].      ij    ctm  sori275 
for  mij  kuz,n. 

benedik.]    bij  mij  sword,  beiaetris,  duw  luvst  mi:. 

beiaetris.]    du:  not  swe:r  bij  it,  send  e:t  it. 

benedik.]    ij   wil   swe:r   bij   it  diet  iu  luv  mi:; 
send  ij  wil  mae:k  him  e:t  it  daet  saeiz  ij  luv  not  iu. 

be:iEtris.]    wil  iu  not  e:t  iur  word  V  280 

benedik.]    wid  no:  sa:s  dset  kgen  bi  devijzd  tu 
it.     ij  protest  ij  luv  di:. 

be:getris.]    hwij  den,  god  forcjiv  mi: ! 

benedik.]    hw^et  ofens,  swi:t  be:'cL^trisy 

be:aetris.]     iu   heev   stieid   mi   in  cE  haepi  uwr:285 
ij  waez  aebuwt  tu  protest  ij  luvd  iu. 

benedik.]    aend  du:  it  wid  a:l  dij  haert. 

be:aetris.]    ij   luv    iu   wid  so  mutj  ov  mij  haert 
dset  no:n  iz  left  tu  protest. 


From  Love's  Labour's  Lost. 

Act  IL     Scene  i. 
aenuder  ov  de:z  stiudents  set  daet  tijm 
wacz  de:r  wid  him,  if  ij  h:ev  hacrd  ae  triu9. 
beruwn  daei  ka:l  him;  but  ;e  merler  mten, 
widin  de  limit  ov  bikumiij   mirO, 
ij  never  spent  ;cn  uw.rz  ta:k  wida:l: 


05 


44  From  Love's  Lauour's  Lost. 

His  eye  begets  occafion  for  his  wit, 
70  For  euery  obiect  that  the  one  doth  catch. 
The  other  turnes  to  a  mirth-mouing  ieft, 
Which  his  faire  tongue  (conceits  expofitor) 
DeUuers  in  fuch  apt  and  gracious  words, 
That  aged  eares  plaj'^  treuant  at  his  tales, 
75  And  yonger  hearings  are  quite  rauifhed. 
So  fweet  and  voluble  is  his  difcourle. 


Act  IV.     Scene  m. 

O  WE  haue  made  a  Vow  to  ftudie.  Lords, 

And  in  that  vow  we  haue  forfworne  our  Bookes: 

820  For  when  would  you  (my  Leege )  or  you,  or  you  ? 
In  leaden  contemplation  haue  found  out 
Such  iiery  Numbers  as  the  prompting  e3'es. 
Of  beauties  tutors  haue  inrich'd  you  with: 
Other  flow  Arts  intirely  keepe  the  braine: 

825  And  therefore  finding  barraine  practizers, 
Scarce  fhew  a  harueft  of  their  heauy  toyle. 
But  L.oue  firft  learned  in  a  Ladies  eyes, 
Liues  not  alone  emured  in  the  braine: 
But  with  the  motion  of  all  elements, 

33oCourfes  as  fwift  as  thought  in  euery  power, 
And  giues  to  euery  power  a  double  power, 
Aboue  their  functions  and  their  offices. 
It  addes  a  precious  feeing  to  the  eye: 
A  Louers  eyes  will  gaze  an  Eagle  blinde, 

835  A  Louers  eare  will  heare  the  loweft  found 
When  the  fufpicious  head  of  theft  is  ftopt. 
Loues  feeling  is  more  foft  and  fenfible, 
Then  are  the  tender  homes  of  Cockled  Snayles. 


320 


From  Love's  Labour's  Lost.  45 

hiz  ij  bigets  okae.zTon  for  hiz  wit; 

for  ev(e)ri  obdijCkt  dset  de  o:n  due  kaetj  70 

de  uder  turnz  tu  se  mirG-muivir)  d^est, 

hwitj  hiz  faeir  tug,  konsgeits  ekspozitor, 

deliverz  in  sutj  aept  send  QraeisTus  wordz 

diet  ae:d;ed  e:rz  plaei  triuient  aet  hiz  tge:lz 

Lund  juijger  heiriijz  ser  kwijt  rtcvijed;  75 

so  swiit  aend  vohub,!  iz  hiz  diskuirs. 


Act  IV.     Scene  hi. 

or,  wi  hsev  mae:d  ae  vuw  tu  studi,  lordz, 

tend  in  daet  vuw  wi  hacv  forsworn  uwr  buiks. 

for  hwen  wuild  iu,  mij  hid;,  or  iu,  or  iu, 

in  le(:)d,n  kontemplae;sTon  haev  fuwnd  uwt 

sutJ  fijri  numberz  aez  de  promptii]  ijz 

ov  beutiz  tiutorz  haev  inritjt  iu  wie  V 

uder  slo:  aerts  intijrh  ki:p  de  braein; 

atnd  de:rfo;r,  fijndii)  baer^in  praektiserz,  325 

skaers  Jo:  ae  haervest  ov  daeir  he(:)vi  toil: 

but  luv,  first  lerned  in  ae  lae:diz  ijz, 

hvz  not  aelo.-n  imiured  in  de  braein; 

but,  wid  de  moisTon  ov  a:l  elements, 

kuirsez  aez  swift  aez  6out  in  ev(e)ri  puwr,  330 

cund  fjivz  tu  evfejri  puwr  ae  dub,l  puwr, 

aebuv  dteir  fuTjksTonz  lend  daeir  ofisez. 

it  aedz  ic  presTus  siiir)  tu  de  ij; 

ae  luverz  ijz  wil  f]je:z  aen  e:g,l  bhjnd; 

ae  luverz  e:r  wil  he:r  de  lo:est  suwnd.  sss 

hwen  de  suspisTus  hed  ov  Beft  iz  stopt: 

luvz  fi:lii]  iz  mo:r  soft  aend  sensib,l 

den  XT  (!e  tender  hornz  ov  kokled  snaeilz; 


46  From  Lovk's  Labour's  Lost. 

Loues  tongue  proues  dainty,  Bnchiis  groffe  in  tafte, 
840 For  Valour,  is  not  Loue  a  Hercules? 
Still  climing  trees  in  the  Hejpcridcs. 
Subtill  as  Sphinx,  as  Iweet  and  mulicall, 
As  bright  Apollo's  Lute,  Itrung  with  his  haire. 
And  when  Loue  fpeakes,  the  vo3xe  of  all  the  Gods> 
845  Make  heauen  drowfie  with  the  harmonie, 
Neuer  durft  Poet  touch  a  pen  to  write, 
Vntill  his  Inke  were  tempred  with  Loues  fighes: 
O  then  his  lines  would  rauifh  fauage  eares, 
And  plant  in  Tyrants  milde  humilitie. 
850  From  womens  eyes  this  doctrine  1  deriue. 
They  fparcle  ftill  the  right  promethean  fire, 
They  are  the  Bookes,  the  Arts,  the  Achademes, 
That  fhew,  containe,  and  nourifh  all  the  world. 
Elfe  none  at  all  in  aught  proues  excellent. 


Act  V.     ScENK  ii. 
Spring.  ^ 

When  Dafies  pied,  and  Violets  blew, 
905  And  Ladie-fmockes  all  filuer  white: 

And  Cuckow-buds  of  yellow  hew, 

Do  paint  the  Medowes  with  delight  :2 

The  Cuckow  then  on  euerie  tree, 

Mockes  married  men,  for  thus  fings  he, 
910  Cuckow. 

Cuckow,  Cuckow:  O  word  of  feare, 

Vnpleafing  to  a  married  eare. 

'  Not  in  F.  •  LI.  904  to  907  arranged  904, 

906,  905,  907. 


Fko-m  Love's  Labour's  Lost.  47 

luvz  tuT)  pruivz  daeinti  bsekus  gro:s  in  tyerst: 

for  v'celor,  iz  not  luv  ^e  herkiulerz,  84o 

stil  klijmii)  triiz  in  de  hesperideiz  ? 

subtil  gez  sfii]ks;  iez  swi:t  aend  miuzikiel 

gez  brijt  aepoloiz  liut,  strui]  wid  hiz  haeir: 

send  hwen  luv  speiks,  de  vois  ov  a:l  de  godz 

mteik  he(:)v,n  druwzi  wid  de  haermoni.  345 

never  durst  po:et  tutj  x  pen  tu  wrijt 

until  hiz  iijk  wer  tempred  wid  luvz  sijz- 

o:,  den  hiz  lijnz  wu:ld  rsevij  saevaed;  e:rz 

aend  plaent  in  tijnents  mijld  hiumiliti. 

from  wimenz  ijz  dis  doktrin  ij  derijv:  350 

diei  spaerk,l  stil  de  rijt  promeiOia^n  fijr; 

daei  aer  de  bu;ks,  de  acrts,  de  aekaede:mz^ 

daet  Jo:,  kontaein  aend  nurij  a:l  de  world: 

els  no:n  xt  a:l  in  a:t  pruivz  ekselent. 


Act  V.     Scene  11. 
[sprii).] 

hwen  dctiziz  pijd  icnd  vij(o)lets  bliu 

;cnd  la;:di-smoks  a:l  silver  hwijt  905 

ccnd  kukuw-budz  ov  jclo:  hiu 

du  pajint  de  medouz  wid  delijt, 
de  kukuw  den,  on  ev(e)ri  tri:, 
moks  maerid  men;  for  dus  sii)z  hi:, 

kukuw;  uio 

kukuw,  kukuw :  o:  word  ov  fe:r, 
unple:zir)  tu  ae  mierid  e:r! 


■48  From  Love's  Labour's  Lost. 

When  Shepheards  pipe  on  Oaten  ftrawes, 

And  merrie  Larkes  are  Ploughmens  clockes: 
915  When  Turtles  tread,  and  Rookes  and  Dawes, 

And  Maidens  bleach  their  fummer  fmockes: 
The  Cuckow  then  on  euerie  tree 
Mockes  married  men;  for  thus  (in^rs  he. 
Cuckow. 
920 Cuckow,  Cuckow:  O  word  of  feare, 
Vnpleafing  to  a  married  eare. 

Winter. 
When  Ificles  hang  by  the  wall, 

And  Dicke  the  Shepheard  ^  blowes  his  naile ; 
And  Tom  beares  Logges  into  the  hall, 
925         And  Milke  comes  frozen  home  in  paile: 
When  blood  is  nipt,  and  waies  be  fowle. 
Then  nightl}-  fings  the  ftaring  Owle, 

Tu-whit.  ^ 
Tu-whit  to-who:  A  merrie  note, 
980  While  greafie  lone  doth  keele  the  pot. 

When  all  aloud  the  winde  doth  blow. 

And  coffing  drownes  the  Parfons  faw : 
And  birds  fit  brooding  in  the  fnow. 

And  Marrians  nofe  lookes  red  and  raw: 
When  roafted  Crabs  hiffe  in  the  bowle. 
Then  nightly  fings  the  ftaring  Owle, 

Tu-whit.  2 
Tu  whit  to-who:  A  merrie  note, 
While  greafie  lone  doth  keele  the  pot. 


'  Sphepheard.  ^  ;vb/  in  QF. 


1 


From  Love's  Labour's  Lost.  49 

hwen  Jepherdz  pijp  on  o:t,n  stra:z 

send  meri  laerks  aer  pluwmenz  kloks, 

hwen  turtjlz  tre(:)d,  asnd  ruiks,  aend  da:z,         915 
aind  mgeid,nz  bleitj  daeir  sumer  smoks, 

de  kukuw  den,  on  ev(e)ri  tri:, 

moks  maerid  men;  for  dus  sigz  hi:, 
kukuw ; 

kukuw,  kukuw:  o:  word  ov  feir,  920 

unpleizii)  tu  ge  maerid  e:r! 

[winter.] 
hwen  ijsikjz  haei)  bij  de  wa:l 

aend  dik  de  Jepherd  blouz  hiz  naeil 
aend  torn  be:rz  locjz  intu  de  ha:l 

aend  milk  kumz  fro:z,n  ho:m  in  paeil,  925 

hwen  blud  iz  nipt  aend  waeiz  bi  fuwl, 
den  nijtli  sigz  de  staeirii)  uwl, 

tiu-hwit ; 
tiu-hwit,  tu-hwui,  ae  meri  no:t, 
hwijl  cjreisi  d5o:n  due  ki:l  de  pot.  980 

hwen  a:l  tcluwd  de  wijnd  du9  bio: 

aend  kofig  druwnz  de  paersonz  sa: 
aend  birdz  sit  bru:dir)  in  de  sno: 

aend  maerTaenz  no:z  lu:ks  red  aend  ra:, 
hwen  ro:sted  kraebz  his  in  de  boul,  gss 

den  nijtli  sigz  de  stae:rir)  uwl, 

tiu-hwit ; 
tiu-hwit,  tu-hwu:,  ae  meri  no:t, 
hwijl  gre:si  d;o:n  du0  ki:l  de  pot. 


Vie  tor,  Shakespeare's  Pronunciatioo.     II. 


50  From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 

From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 

From  Act  II.     Scene  i. 

Ob 

My  gentle  Piickc  come  hither-,  thou  remembreft 
Since  once  I  (at  vpon  a  promontory, 

150  And  heard  a  Meare-maide  on  a  Dolphins  backe, 
V'ttering  fuch  dulcet  and  harmonious  breath, 
That  the  rude  fea  grew  ciuill  at  her  long, 
And  certaine  ftarres  fhot  madly  from  their  Spheares, 
To  heare  the  Sea-maids  muficke. 

Piic.  I  remember. 

155  Oh.   That  very  time  I  law  ^  (but  thou  couldft  not) 

Flying  betweene  the  cold  Moone  and  the  earth, 
Cupid  all  arm'd;  a  certaine  aime  he  tooke 
At  a  faire  Veftall,  throned  by  the  Weft, 
And  loos'd  his  loue-fhaft  fmartly  from  his  bow, 

160  As  it  fhould  pierce  a  hundred  thoufand  hearts, 
But  I  might  fee  young  Cupids  fiery  fhaft 
Quencht  in  the  chafte  beames  of  the  watry  Moone ; 
And  the  imperiall  Votreffe  paffed  on. 
In  maiden  meditation,  fanc)?^  free. 

165  Yet  markt  I  where  the  bolt  of  Cupid  fell. 
It  fell  vpon  a  little  wefterne  flower; 
Before,  milke-white;  now  purple  with  loues  wound. 
And  maidens  call  it,  Loue  in  idleneffe. 
Fetch   me   that    flower;   the   hearb   I   fhew'd  thee 


1 

once 


170  The  iu3'ce  of  it,  on  fleeping  eye-lids  laid. 
Will  make  or  man  or  woman  madly  dote 

^  fay  F,  faw  Q. 


From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  51 

From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 

From  Act  II.     Scene  i. 

oberon.] 

mij  d;ent,l  puk^  kum  heder.     duw  remembrest 

sins  o:ns  ij  sget  upon  ge  promontori, 

aend  hserd  ae  me(:)nn3eid  on  as  dolfinz  bask  150 

ut(e)rii)  sutj  dulset  aend  hasrmornms  bre(:)8 

daet  de  riud  se:  griu  sivil  aet  her  soi) 

aend  sertaein  staerz  Jot  maedli  from  daeir  sfe:rz, 

tu  he:r  de  sei-maeidz  miuzik.^ 

puk.]  ij  remember. 

oberon.]    daet  veri  tijm  ij  sa;,  but  duw  kuildst  not,  155 
flijing  bit\vi:n  de  kould  mu:n  aend  de  e(:)re, 
kiupid  a:l  aermd:  ae  sertasin  asim  hi  tu:k 
aet  ae  faeir  vestael  Grorned  bij  de  west, 
aend  lu:st  hiz  luv-Jseft  smaertli  from  hiz  bo:, 
aez  it  /u:ld  pe:rs  ae  hundred  euwzaend  haerts;  igo 

but  ij  mijt  si:  jui)  kiupidz  fijri  Jaeft 
kwentjt  in  de  tjas(:)st  beimz  ov  de  waet(e)ri  mum, 
aend  de  impeirtael  vo:t(ae)res  paesed  on, 
in  maeid,n  meditaeisTon,  faensi-fri:. 

jit  maerkt  ij  hwe:r  de  boult  ov  kiupid  fel :  105 

it  fel  upon  vc  Ht,l  western  fluwr, 
biforr  milk-hwijt,  nuw  purp,l  wid  luvz  wuwnd, 
aend  macid,nz  ka:l  it  luv-in-ijd.lnes. 
fetj  mi  dtCt  fluwr;  de  herb  ij  Joud  di  o:ns: 

de  d5ius  ov  it  on  sliipir)  ij-lidz  Ucid  no 

wil  mae:k  or  maun  or  wumicn  maedli  do:t 


52  From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 

Vpon  the  next  liue  creature  that  it  fees. 
Fetch    me   this  hearbe,   and  be  thou  heere  againe^ 
Ere  the  Lciiiathau  can  Iwim  a  league. 
175         Piicke.   He  put  a  girdle  round  ^  about  the  earth, 
In  forty  minutes.  ^ 


From  Act  II.     Scene  ii. 

Fairies  Sing. 
You  fpotted  Snakes  with  double  tongue, 
10  Thorny  Hedgehogges  be  not  feene, 

Newts  and  blinde  wormes  do  no  wrong, 

Come  not  neere  our  Fairy  Queene. 
Philomele  with  melodie, 
Sing  in  our^  fweet  Lullaby, 
15       LuUa,  lulla,  lullaby,  lulla,  lulla,  lullaby, 
Neuer  harme, 
Nor  fpell,  nor  charme, 
Come  our  louely  Lady  nye. 
So  good  night  with  Lullaby. 
2.  Fairy. 
20       Weauing  Spiders  come  not  heere, 

Hence  you  long  leg'd  Spinners,  hence; 
Beetles  blacke  approach  not  neere; 

Worme  nor  Snayle  doe  no  offence. 
Philomele  with  melody,  &c. 
1.  Fairy. 
26        Hence  away,  now  all  is  well; 
One  aloofe,  ftand  Centinell. 


1  round  om.  F,  round  Q.  ^  LI.  175,  176  printed  as 

prose.  ^  your  F,  our  Q. 


From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream.  53 

upon  de  nekst  lijv  kre:tiur  daet  it  si:z. 
fetj  mi  dis  herb;  ^nd  bii  duw  her  seggein 
e:r  de  levijgeeaen  kaen  swim  x.  le:g. 

puk.]    ijl  put  ae  gird^l  ruwnd  aebuwt  de  e(i)re  175 
in  fo:rti  miniuts 


From  Act  II.     Scene  ii. 

[fgsiriz  siij.] 
iu  spoted  snaeiks  wid  dubjl  tug, 

0orni  hed;hogz,  bi:  not  si:n;  10 

niuts  send  blijnd-wurmz,  du:  no  wroi), 

kum  not  ne:r  uwr  faeiri  kwiin. 
filomel,  wid  melodij 
sii)  in  uwr  swi:t  lulaebij; 
lulse,  lulge,  lulaebij,  lulae,  lulae,  luliebij :         15 

ne(:)ver  haerm, 

nor  spel  nor  tjaerm, 
kum  uwr  luvlij  lae:di  nij; 
so:,  gud  nijt,  wid  lulaebij. 

sekond  faeiri.] 

we:viT)  spijderz,  kum  not  he:r;  20 

hens,  iu  loij-legd  spinerz,  hens! 
biit,lz  blaek,  tepro:tJ  not  ne:r; 
wurm  nor  snaeil,  du:  no:  ofens. 
filomel,  wid  melodij,  &c. 

first  faeiri.] 

hens,  aewaei !  nuw  a:l  iz  wel :  25 

o:n  aelu:f  staend  sentinel. 


54  From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 

From  Act  III.     Scene  i. 

115         Bot.     Wiiv    do   they  run   away?     This    is  a 
knauery  of  them  to  make  me  afeard. 

Sii.  O  Bottom,  thou  art  chang'd;  What  doe 
I  fee  on  thee? 

Bot.     What   do   )'0u   fee?     You   fee  an  Affe- 
120 head  of  your  owne,  do  you? 

Pet.  Bleffe  thee  Bottomc ,  bleffe  thee;  thou 
art  tranflated. 

Bot.    I  fee  their  knauery;  this  is  to  make  an 

i25affe  of  me,  to  fright  me  if  they  could;    but  I  will 

not  ftirre  from  this  place,  do  what  they  can.    I  will 

walke    vp   and   downe   here,    and  I  will  fing  that 

they  fhall  heare  I  am  not  afraid. 

The  Woofell  cocke,  fo  blacke  of  hew, 
With  Orenge-tawn}^  bill. 
180  The  Throftle,  with  his  note  fo  true. 

The  Wren  with  ^  little  quill. 

Tyta.      What    Angell    wakes    me    from    my 

flowry  bed? 

Bot. 

The  Finch,  the  Sparrow,  and  the  Larke, 
The  plainfong  Cuckow  gray; 
185         Whofe  note  full  many  a  man  doth  marke. 
And  dares  not  anfwere,  nay. 

For  indeede,  who  would  fet  his  wit  to  fo  foolifh 
a  bird?  Who  would  giue  a  bird  the  lye,  though 
he  cr}'  Cuckow,  neuer  fo? 

^  and  F,  with  Q. 


From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream.  55 

From  Act  III.     Scene  i, 

botom.]     hwij    du   dcci   run   aewgei  ?      dis  iz  ge  115 
knae:veri  ov  dem  tu  mae:k  mi  aefeird. 

snuwt.]     o:   botom,    duw  sert  tjaendgd!     hwset 
du  ij  si:  on  dii? 

botom.]   hwset  du  iu  sir?   iu  si:  aen  ges-hed  OV120 
iur  oun,  du:  iu? 

pe:ter.]     bles   di: ,   botom !   bles  di: !   duw  gert 
tr3enslae:ted. 

botom.]     ij    si:  dgeir  knge:veri:    dis  iz  tu  mfe:k 
aen  ses  ov  mi: ;  tu  frijt  mi:,  if  daei  ku:ld.    but  ij  wil  125 
not  stur  from  dis  plae:s,  du:  hwaet  dsei  kaen :  ij  wil 
■wa:k  up  aend  duwn  he:r,   aend  ij  wil  sii],  daet  caei 
Jael  he:r  ij  aem  not  aefraeid. 

de  wu:z,l  kok  so  blsek  ov  hiu, 

wid  orasnd;-ta:ni  bil, 
de  erost,!  wid  hiz  no:t  so  triu,  lao 

de  wren  wid  lit,l  kwil, — 

titae:nTae.]     hwaet   aend^,!    wae:ks   mi   from   mi 

fluwri  bed? 

botom.] 

de  fintj,  de  spaero:  aend  de  laerk, 

de  plaein-soi)  kukuw  graei, 
hwu:z  no:t  ful  maeni  ae  maen  du9  maerk,    135 

aend  dae:rz  not  aenswer  naei; — 

for,  indi:d,  hwu:  wu:ld  set  hiz  wit  tu  so  fu:lij  ae 
bird?  hwu:  wu:ld  rjiv  x  bird  de  lij,  dou  hi  krij 
"kukuw"  never  so:? 


56  From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 

140  Tyta.    I  pray  thee  gentle  mortall,  Ting  againe, 

Mine  eare  is  much  enamored  of  thy  note; 
So  is  mine  eye  enthralled  to  thy  fhape, 
And  thy  faire  vertues  force  (perforce)  doth  moue  me  ^ 
On  the  firft  view  to  fay,  to  fweare  I  loue  thee. 

145  Bot.  Me-thinkes  miftreffe,  you  fhould  haue 
little  reafon  for  that:  and  yet  to  fay  the  truth, 
reafon  and  loue  keepe  little  company  together, 
now-adayes.  The  more  the  pittie,  that  fome  honeft 
neighbours    will   not   make  them  friends.     Nay,    I 

150  can  gleeke  vpon  occafion. 

Tyta.    Thou  art  as  wife,  as  thou  art  beautifuU. 

Bot.  Not  fo  neither :  but  if  I  had  wit  enough 
to  get  out  of  this  wood,  I  haue  enough  to  ferue 
mine  owne  turne. 

155  Tyta.    Out  of  this  wood,  do  not  defire  to  goe, 

Thou  fhalt  remaine  here,  whether  thou  wilt  or  no. 
I  am  a  fpirit  of  no  common  rate: 
The  Summer  ftill  doth  tend  vpon  my  ftate, 
And  I  doe   loue  thee;  therefore  goe  with  me, 

160 lie  giue  thee  Fairies  to  attend  on  thee; 

And  they   fhall  fetch  thee  lewels  from  the  deepe. 
And  fing,   while  thou  on  preffed  flowers  doft  fleepe : 
And  I  will  purge  thy  mortall  groffeneffe  fo, 
That  thou  fhalt  like  an  airie  fpirit   go.' 

165  Peafe-bloffome,  Cobweb,  Moth,  and  Muftard-feede  !^ 


1  LI.  142,  143,  144  arranged  as  144,  142,  143. 
^  The  following  stage  direction  takes  the  place  of  I.  165: 
Enter  Peafe  bloffome,  Cobweb,  Moth,  Muftard-feede, 
and  four e  Fairies. 


From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream.  57 

titaeinlge.]    ij  praei  di:,  d5ent,l  mortael,  sii)  seggein :  uo 
mijn  e:r  iz  mutj  engemord  ov  dij  no:t; 
so:  iz  mijn  ij  enera:led  tu  dij  Jseip; 
gend  dij  fseir  vertiuz  fors  perfors  due  mu:v  mi: 
on  de  first  viu  tu  saei,  tu  swe:r,  ij  luv  di:. 

botom.]   mieiijks,  mistres,  iu  Ju:ld  hsev  lit,l  re:z,n  us 
for   dset:   send  jit,    tu  sgei  de  triu0,  re:z,n  aend  luv 
ki:p   litjl   kumpseni   tugeder   nuw-ae-daeiz ;   de   mo:r 
de   piti   dget  sum  onest  ne:borz  wil  not  mae:k  dem 
frendz.     ngei,  ij  keen  gli:k  upon  okge:zTon.  iso 

titcE:nTse.]    duw  sert  cEZ  wijz  cEz  duw  aert  beutiful. 

botom.]  not  so:,  ne:der:  but  if  ij  haed  wit 
inuf  tu  get  uwt  ov  dis  wud,  ij  haev  inuf  tu  serv 
mijn  oun  turn. 

titae:nTse.]    uwt  ov  dis  wud  du:  not  dezijr  tu  go: :  135 
duw  Jaelt  remaein  he:r,  hweder^  duw  wilt  or  no:, 
ij  aem  se  spirit  ov  no  komon  r3e:t: 
de  sumer  stil  due  tend  upon  mij  stae:t; 
aend  ij  du  luv  di: :  de:rfo:r,  go:  wid  mi:; 
ijl  giv  di  faeiriz  tu  aetend  on  di:,  i<;o 

aend  daei  Jael  fetj  di  d;iuelz  from  de  di:p, 
aend  sii)  hwijl  duw  on  presed  fluwrz  dust  sli:p: 
aend  ij  wil  purd;  dij  mortael  gro:snes  so: 
daet  duw  Jaelt  lijk  aen  aeiri  spirit  go:. 
pe:zblosom!    kobweb!    moe!    xnd  mustcErdsi:d !        i65 

'  Or  hwe:r. 


58  From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 

Penf.     Ready. 

Cob.  And  I. 

Moth.  And  I. 

Mtif.  And  I. 

All.  Where  ITiall  we  go?i 

Tita.    Be  kinde  and  curteous  to  this  Gentleman, 
Hop  in  his  walkes,  and  gambole  in  his  eies, 
Feede  him  with  Apricocks,  and  Dewberries, 
170  With  purple  Grapes,  greene  Figs,  and  Mulberries, 
The  honie-bags  fteale  from  the  humble  Bees, 
And  for  night-tapers  crop  their  waxen  thighes. 
And  light  them  at  the  fierie  -  Glow-wormes  eyes. 
To  haue  my  loue  to  bed,  and  to  arife : 
175  And  plucke  the  wings  from  painted  Butterflies, 
To  fan  the  Moone-beames  from  his  fleeping  eies. 
Nod  to  him  Elues,  and  doe  him  curtefies. 

1.  Fed.     Haile  mortall,  haile. 
180         2.  Fat.     Haile. 

3.  Fat.     Haile. 

*  * 

* 

From  Act  V.     Scene  i. 

Hip.    'TiS  ftrange  my  Thejctis,  that  thefe  louers 

fpeake  of. 
The.     More   ftrange  then  true.     I  neuer  may 

beleeue 
Thefe  anticke  fables,  nor  thefe  Fairy  toyes, 
Louers  and  mad  men  haue  fuch  feething  braines, 
5    Such  fhaping  phantafies,  that  apprehend 

^  LI.  166    to   170  printed  as  one  line,  as  follows: 
Fai.    Ready;   and  I,  and  I,  and  I.    Where  Ihall  we  go? 

-  fierie-. 


From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream.  59 

pe:zblosom.]    redi. 

kobweb.]  aend  ij. 

mo6.]  aend  ij. 

mustaerdsiid.]  aend  ij. 

a:l.]  hwe:r  /sel  wi  go:  ? 

titaerniae.]  bi  kijnd  aend  kurteus  tu  dis  d^entjlmgen  ; 
hop  in  hiz  wa:ks  send  gaembol  in  hiz  ijz; 
fi:d  him  wid  aeiprikoks  aend  deuberiz, 
wid  purp,l  graeips,  grim  figz,  aend  mulberiz;  170 

de  huni-bsegz  steil  from  de  humb,l-bi:z, 
aend  for  nijt-tae:perz  krop  daeir  waeks,n  6ijz 
aend  lijt  dem  aet  de  fijri  gloi-wurmz  ijz, 
tu  hae(:)v  mij  luv  tu  bed  aend  tu  aerijz; 
aend  pluk  de  wii)z  from  paeinted  buterflijz  175 

tu  faen  de  mu:nbe:mz  from  hiz  sliipii)  ijz: 
nod  tu  him,  elvz,  aend  du:  him  kurtesijz. 

first  faeiri.]    haeil,  mortael,  haeil  ! 

sekond  faeiri.]    haeil!  iso 

0ird  faeiri.]    haeil! 


From  Act  V.     Scene  i. 

hipolitae.j      tiz   straendg,    mij  0e:zeus,   dcct  de:z 

luverz  spe:k  ov. 
ee:zcus.]    mo;r  straend;  den  triu :  ij  ne(:)ver  maei 

bili:v 
de:z  aentik  fae:b,lz,  nor  de:z  faeiri  toiz. 
luverz  aend  mx-dmen  haev  sutj  si:dii)  braeinz, 
sutj  Jaeipii)  faentaesiz,  daet  aeprehend  6 


1 


60  From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 

More  then  coole  reafon  euer  comprehends.^ 

The  Lunaticke,  the  Louer,  and  the  Poet, 

Are  of  imagination  all  compact. 

One  fees  more  diuels  then  vafte  hell  can  hold ; 
10  That  is  the  mad  man.    The  Louer,  all  as  franticke, 

Sees  Helens  beaut)^  in  a  brow  of  Egipt. 

The  Poets  63^6  in  a  fine  frenzy  rolling, 

Doth  glance  from  heauen  to  earth,    from  earth  to 

heauen. ^ 

And  as  imagination  bodies  forth 
15  The  forms  of  things  vnknowne;  the  Poets  pen 

Turnes  them  to  fhapes,  and  giues  to  airy^  nothing, 

A  locall  habitation,  and  a  name. 

Such  tricks  hath  ftrong  imagination,  * 

That  if  it  would  but  apprehend  fome  ioy, 
20  It  comprehends  fome  bringer  of  that  ioy. 

Or  in  the  night,  imagining  fome  feare. 

How  eafie  is  a  bufh  fuppos'd  a  Beare? 

Hip.    But  all  the  ftorie  of  the  night  told  ouer. 

And  all  their  minds  transfigur'd  fo  together, 
25  More  witneffeth  than  fancies  images. 

And  growes  to  fomething  of  great  conftancie ; 

But  howfoeuer,  ftrange^  and  admirable. 


I 
1 


'  L.  5  ends  with  more.      ^  L.  12  ends  with  glance. 
^  aire.  *  LI.  lA  to  18  printed  as  four,  ending  with 

things  .  .  .  fhapes  .  .  .  habitation  .  .  .  imagination. 


From  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream.  61 

mo:r  den  ku:l  re:z,n  ever  komprehendz. 

de  liunaetik,  de  luver  aend  de  po:et 

aer  ov  imaed^inaeisTon  a:l  kompaekt. 

o:n  si:z  moir  diivilz^  den  vgest  hel  kgen  hould, 

daet  iz,  de  mgedmaen:  de  luver,  ail  asz  frasntik,         lo 

si:z  helenz  beuti  in  ge  bruw  ov  e:d5ipt: 

de  poiets  ij,  in  ge  fijn  frenzi  roulii], 

due    glaens   from   he(:)vn  tu  e(:)r6,    from  e(:)r6  tu 

he(:)vn; 
send  gez  imsedgin^isTon  bodiz  fur0 
de  fo(:)rms  ov  0ii]z  unknoun.  de  poiets  pen  15 

tumz  dem  tu  Jasips  gend  givz  tu  aeiri  no9ig 
ae  loikgel  hgebitgeisTon  aend  ae  naeim. 
sutj  triks  haee  stroi]  imaed5inaeision, 
daet,  if  it  wuild  but  geprehend  sum  d5oi, 
it  komprehendz  sum  brigger  ov  daet  d;oi;  20 

or  in  de  nijt,  imaed5inii]  sum  feir, 
huw  eizi  iz  ae  buj  supo:zd  ae  beir! 

hipolitae.]  but  ail  de  stoiri  ov  de  nijt  tould  o(i)ver, 
aend  ail  dseir  mijndz  traensfigiurd  soi  tugeder, 
moir  witnese6  daen  faensiz  imaedzez  25 

send  grouz  tu  sum6ii)  ov  greit  konstaensi; 
but,  huwsoever,  strsend5  send  sedmiraeb,!. 


'  Oy  di:v,lz. 


I 


62  From  The  Merchant  of  Venice. 

From  The  Merchant  of  Venice. 

From  Act  III.     Scene  h. 

A  Sottg. 

Tell  me  where  is  fancie  bred, 
Or  in  the  heart,  or  in  the  head: 
66  How  begot,  how  nourifhed. 

Rephe,  repHe. 
It  is  engendred  in  the  eyes, 
With  gazing  fed,  and  Fancie  dies, 
In  the  cradle  where  it  hes: 
70  Let  vs  all  ring  Fancies  knell. 

He  begin  it.     Ding,  dong,  bell. 
All.     Ding,  dong,  bell. 


From  Act  IV.     Scene  i. 

The  quality  of  mercy  is  not  ftrain'd, 
185  It  droppeth  as  the  gentle  raine  from  heauen 
Vpon  the  place  beneath.     It  is  twice  bleft, 
It  bleffeth  him  that  giues,  and  him  that  takes, 
'Tis  mightieft  in  the  mightieft,  it  becomes 
The  throned  Monarch  better  then  his  Crowne. 
190  His  Scepter  fhewes  the  force  of  temporall  power. 
The  attribute  to  awe  and  Maieftie, 
Wherein  doth  fit  this  dread  and  feare  of  Kings: 
But  mercy  is  aboue  this  fceptred  Iway, 
It  is  enthroned  in  the  hearts  of  Kings, 
195  It  is  an  attribute  to  God  himfelfe; 

And  earthly  power  doth  then  fhew  likelt  Gods 


From  The  Merchant  of  Venice.  63 

From  The  Merchant  of  Venice. 

From  Act  III.     Scene  n. 

[ae  SOI).] 

tel  mi:  hwe:r  iz  fgensi  bred, 

or  in  de  hsert  or  in  de  hed"? 

huw  bigot,  huw  nurijed?  65 

replij.  replij. 
it  iz  end;endred  in  de  ijz, 
wid  gseizii)  fed;  aend  faensi  dijz 
in  de  krseidj  hwe:r  it  lijz. 

let  us  a:l  rii]  faensiz  knel:  70 

ijl  big  in  it, — diij,  doij,  bel. 
ail.]     diij,  dor),  bel. 


From  Act  IV.     Scene  i. 

de  kwgeliti  ov  mersi  iz  not  straeind, 

it  dropee  3ez  de  d;ent,l  ra,nn  from  he(:)vn  iss 

upon  de  plae:s  bine:th:  it  iz  twijs  blest; 

it  blesee  him  daet  givz  send  him  daet  taeiks: 

tiz  mijtTest  in  de  mijtTest:  it  bikumz 

de  6ro:ned  monaerk  beter  den  hiz  kruwn; 

hiz  septer  Jouz  de  fors  ov  temporael  puwr,  i90 

de  aetribiut  tu  a:  aend  macd5esti, 

hweirin  due  sit  de  dre(:)d  aend  fe:r  ov  kiijz; 

but  mersi  iz  aebuv  dis  septred  swcci; 

it  iz  enSromed  in  de  haerts  ov  kiijz, 

it  iz  aen  aetribiut  tu  god  himself;  i»5 

aend  e(:)r0li  puwr  duO  den  Jo:  lijkest  godz 


64  From  The  Merchant  of  Venice. 

WTien  mercie  feafons  luftice.    Therefore  lew, 
Though  Justice  be  thy  plea,  conlider  this, 
That  in  the  courfe  of  lustice,  none  of  vs 
200  Should  fee  faluation:  we  do  pray  for  mercie. 

And  that  fame  prayer,  doth  teach  vs  all  to  render 
The  deeds  of  mercie 


From  Act  V,     Scene  i. 

Lo}\    The  moone  fhines  bright.   In  fuch  a  night 

as  this. 
When  the  fweet  winde  did  gently  kiffe  the  trees, 
And  they  did  make  no  no3^fe,  ^  in  fuch  a  night 
Troylus  me  thinkes  mounted  the  Troian  walls, 
5  And  figh'd  his  foule  toward  the  Grecian  tents 
Where  Crcffcd^  lay  that  night. 

lef.  In  fuch  a  night 

Did  Thisbie  fearefully  ore-trip  the  dewe. 
And  faw  the  Lyons  fhadow  ere  himfelfe. 
And  ranne  difmayed  away. 

Loren.  In  fuch  a  night 

10  Stood  Dido  with  a  Willow  in  her  hand 
Vpon  the  wilde  fea  bankes,  and  waft  her  Loue 
To  come  againe  to  Carthage. 

lef.  In  fuch  a  night 

Medea  gathered  the  inchanted  hearbs 
That  did  renew  old  Efon. 

Loren.  In  fuch  a  night 

15  Did  IcJJica  fteale  from  the.  wealthy  lewe. 
And  with  an  Vnthrift  Loue  did  runne  from  Venice, 
As  farre  as  Belmont. 

^  nnyfe  (misprint).  -  Sic. 


From  The  Merchant  of  Venice.  65 

hwen  mersi  se:z,nz  d;ustis,     de:rfo:r,  d;iu, 

dou  d;ustis  bii  dij  pie:,  konsider  dis, 

d^et,  in  de  kuirs  ov  dgustis,  no;n  ov  us 

Ju:ld  si:  sselvae:sTon :  wi  du  pra^i  for  mersi;  200 

aend  dset  sse:m  prseir  due  te:tj  us  a:l  tu  render 

de  di:dz  ov  mersi 


From  Act  V.     Scene  i. 

lorenzo:.]     de   mu:n  Jijnz  brijt:    in  sutj  as  nijt 

aez  dis, 
hwen  de  swi:t  wijnd  did  d;entli  kis  de  tri:z 
send  d?ei  did  mae:k  no  noiz,  in  sutJ  ae  nijt 
troilus  mieii]ks  mmvnted  de  tro:dgaen  wa:lz 
send  sijd  hiz  soul  towaerd  de  gre:sTaen  tents,  5 

hwe:r  kresid  Isei  daet  nijt. 

d;esikae.]  in  sutJ  ae  nijt 

did  eizbe  fe:rfuli  o:rtrip  de  deu 
send  sa:  de  lijonz  Jaedo:  e:r  himself 
send  raen  dismaeid  aewaei. 

lorenzo:.]  in  sutJ  ae  nijt 

stu(:)d  dijdo:  wid  ae  wilo:  in  her  haend  10 

upon  de  wijld  se:  baeijks  aend  waeft  her  luv 
tu  kum  eecjaein  tu  kaerSaed;. 

d;esika;.]  in  sutJ  ae  nijt 

mede:ae  gaedred  de  intjaented  herbz 
dset  did  reniu  ould  e:zon. 

lorenzo:.]  in  sutJ  x  nijt 

did  d;esikae  ste:l  from  de  wel0i  d^iu  is 

aend  wid  sen  unSrift  luv  did  run  from  venis 
sez  fser  sez  belmont. 

Victor,  Shakespeare's  Pronunciation.     11.  5 


6o  From  The  Merchant  of  Venice. 

Icf.  In  fuch  a  night 

Did  young  Loren.^o  fweare  he  lou'd  her  well, 
Stealing  her  foule  with  many  vowes  of  faith, 
20  And  nere  a  true  one. 

Loren.  In  fuch  a  night 

Did  pretty  leffica  (like  a  little  fhrow) 
Slander  her  Loue,  and  he  forgaue  it  her. 

Icffi.    I  would  out-night  you  did  no  body  come  : 
But  harke,  I  heare  the  footing  of  a  man. 

Loren 

How  fweet  the  moone-light  fleepes  vpon  this  banke, 

ssHeere  will  we  fit,  and  let  the  founds  of  muficke 
Creepe  in  our  eares,  loft  ftilnes  and  *  the  night 
Become  the  tutches  of  fweet  harmonic: 
Sit  leffica,  looke  how  the  floore  of  heauen 
Is  thicke  inlayed  with  pattens  of  bright  gold, 

60  There's  not  the  fmalleft  orbe  w^hich  thou  beholdft 
But  in  his  motion  like  an  Angell  fings. 
Still  quiring  to  the  young  eyed  Cherubins; 
Such  harmonic  is  in  immortall  foules, 
But  whilft  this  muddy  vefture  of  decay 

65  Doth  grof ly  clofe  it  in,  ^  we  cannot  heare  it : 
Come  hoe,  and  wake  Diana  with  a  hymne. 
With  fweeteft  tutches  pearce  your  Miftreffe  eare, 
And  draw  her  home  with  muficke. 

leffi.     I  am  neuer  merrj^  when  I  heare  fweet 

mufique. 

70         Lor.    The  reafon  is,  your  fpirits  are  attentiue : 
For  doe  but  note  a  wilde  and  wanton  heard 
Or  race  of  youthful  and  vnhandled  colts, 
Fetching  mad  bounds,  bellowing  and  neighing  loud, 

^  e.  f,  ftilnes,  and  F,  as  above  Q.  ^  in  it. 


From  The  Merchant  of  Venice.  67 

dzesikse.]  in  sutj  £e  nijt 

did  jur)  lorenzo:  svv-e:r  hi  luvd  her  wel, 
steihi)  her  soul  wid  mceni  vuwz  ov  fgeie 
aend  ne:r  3e  triu  o:n.  20 

lorenzo:.]  in  sutJ  ce  nijt 

did  priti^  d;esikae,  lijk  ee  lit,l  Jro:, 
sli3ender  her  luv,  send  hi:  forgaeiv  it  her. 

d5esik3e.]    ij  wu:ld  uwt-nijt  iu,  did  no  bodi  kum; 
but,  hasrk,  ij  heir  de  fuitii)  ov  ae  msen. 

lorenzo:.] 

huw  swi:t  de  mu:nlijt  sli:ps  upon  dis  b^gk! 

he:r  wil  wi  sit  send  let  de  suwndz  ov  miuzik  ss 

kri:p  in  uwr  e:rz:  soft  stilnes  aend  de  nijt 

bikum  de  tutjez  ov  swi:t  heermoni. 

sit,  d^esikse.     lu:k  huw  de  flu:r  ov  he(:)vn 

iz  eik  inlaeid  wid  paetenz  ov  brijt  gould : 

derz  not  de  sma:lest  orb  hwitj  duw  bihouldst  eo 

but  in  hiz  moisTon  lijk  asn  aend;,l  sigz, 

stil  kwijrii]  tu  de  juij-ijd  tjerubinz; 

sutJ  hacrmoni  iz  in  imortael  soulz; 

but  hwijlst  dis  mudi  vestiur  ov  dekasi 

due  gro:sli  klo;z  it  in,  wi  kaenot  he:r  it.  66 

kum,  ho:  I  aend  wae;k  disenae  wid  ae  him: 

wid  swi:test  tutjez  pe:rs  iur  mistres  e:r 

aend  dra:  her  ho:m  wid  miuzik. 

d;esikae.]     ij  (aejm  never  meri  hwen  ij  he:r  swi:t 

miuzik. 

lorenzo:,]    de  re:z,n  iz,  iur  spirits  aer  aetentiviTo 
for  du:  but  no:t  ae  wijld  jend  wa;nton  herd, 
or  rae:s  ov  jiuOful  aend  unhaendled  koults, 
fetjii)  maed  buwndz,  beloii)  aend  neiii)  luwd, 

^  Or  preti. 


6S  From  As  You  Like  It. 

WTiich  is  the  hot  condition  of  their  bloud, 
75  If  they  but  heare  perchance  a  trumpet  found, 
Or  any  ayre  of  muficke  touch  their  eares, 
You  fhall  perceiue  them  make  a  mutuall  ftand, 
Their  fauage  eyes  turn'd  to  a  modeft  gaze, 
By  the  fweet  power  of  muficke :  therefore  the  Poet 
80  Did  faine  that  Orpheus  drew  trees,  ftones,  and  floods : 
Since  naught  fo  ftockifh,  hard,  and  full  of  rage. 
But  muficke  for  the  ^  time  doth  change  his  nature, 
The  man  that  hath  no  muficke  in  himfelfe, 
Nor  is  not  moued  with  concord  of  fweet  founds, 
®^Is  fit  for  treafons,  ftratagems,  and  fpoyles, 
The  motions  of  his  fpirit  are  dull  as  night. 
And  his  affections  darke  as  Erobus,  ^ 
Let  no  fuch  man  be  trufted 


From  As  You  Like  It. 

From  Act  II.     Scene  i. 

Diik.  Sen.    Now  my  Coe-mates,  and  brothers 

in  exile: 
Hath  LOt  old  cuftome  made  this  life  more  fweete 
Then  that  of  painted  pompe  ?    Are  not  thefe  woods 
More  free  from  perill  then  the  enuious  Court? 
5  Heere  feele  we  but  ^  the  penaltie  of  Adam, 
The  feafons  difference,  as  the  Icie  phange 
And  churlifh  chiding  of  the  winters  winde. 
Which  when  it  bites  and  blowes  vpon  my  body 
Euen  till  I  fhrinke  with  cold_,  I  fmile,  and  fay 
10 This  is  no  flattery:  thefe  are  counfellors 

^  the  om.  F,  the  Q.         "  Sic  F,  Terebus  Q.        ^  not. 


From  As  You  Like  It.  69 

hwitj  iz  de  hot  kondisTon  ov  daeir  blud; 

if  daei  but  he:r  pertjaens  ae  trumpet  suwnd,  75 

or  aeni  aeir  ov  miuzik  tutj  djeir  e:rz, 

iu  Jsel  perse: V  dem  masik  as  miutmasl  stsend^ 

daeir  saevaed;  ijz  turnd  tu  ae  modest  cjae:z 

bij  de  swi:t  puwr  ov  miuzik:  de:rfo:r  de  poiet 

did  faein  dset  orfeus  driu  triiz,  stoinz  aend  fludz;     so 

sins  na:t  so  stokij,  hserd,  aend  ful  ov  raeid;, 

but  miuzik  for  de  tijm  due  tjaend;  hiz  naeitiur. 

de  maen  daet  hae9  no  miuzik  in  himself, 

nor  iz  not  mu:vd  wid  konkord  ov  swiit  suwndz, 

iz  fit  for  tre:z,nz,  straet3ed;emz,  send  spoilz;  86 

de  mo:sTonz  ov  hiz  spir(i)t  aer  dul  aez  nijt, 

aend  hiz  aefeksTonz  daerk  aez  erebus: 

let  no:  sutj  rntcn  bi  trusted 


From  As  You  Like  It. 
From  Act  II.     Scene  i. 

diuk  se:nTor.]    nuw,  mij  ko:-mae:ts  aend  bruderz 

in  eksijl, 
haee  not  ould  kustom  mae:d  dis  lijf  mo:r  swi:t 
den  dx't  ov  paeinted  pomp?     aer  not  de:z  wudz 
mo:r  fri:  from  peril  den  de  envTus  ku:rt? 
he:r  fi:l  wi  but  de  penaelti  ov  aedaem,  8 

de  se:z,nz  dif(e)rens,  sez  de  ijsi  faei) 
aend  tjurlij  tjijdii]  ov  de  winterz  wijnd, 
hwitJ,  hwcn  it  bijts  aend  blouz  upon  mij  bodi, 
i:vn  til  ij  Jrir]k  wid  kould,  ij  smijl  itnd  saei 
"dis  iz  no  fktt(e)ri:  de:z  aer  kuwnselorz  10 


70  From  As  You  Like  It. 

That  feelingly  perfwade  me  what  I  am: 

Sweet  are  the  vies  of  aduerfitie 

Which  like  the  toad,  ougly  and  venemous, 

Weares  yet  a  precious  lewell  in  his  head: 
15  And  this  our  life  exempt  from  publike  haunt, 

Findes    tongues   in   trees,    bookes   in   the   running 

brookes, 

Sermons  in  f tones,  and  good  in  euery  thing. 

I  would  not  change  it.  ^ 

Aniicn.  Happy  is  your  Grace 

20  That  can  tranflate  the  ftubbornneffe  of  fortune 

Into  fo  quiet  and  fo  fweet  a  ftile. 


Act  II.     Scene  v. 
Song. 
Vnder  the  greene  wood  tree, 
Who  loues  to  lye  with  mee, 
And  turne  his  merrie  Note, 
Vnto  the  fweet  Birds  throte: 
5        Come  hither,  come  hither,  come  hither: 
Heere  fhall  he  fee 
No  enemie, 
But  Winter  and  rough  W^eather. 

40  Who  doth  ambition  fhunne, 

And  loues  to  Hue  i'th  Sunne: 
Seeking  the  food  he  eates. 
And  pleas'd  with  what  he  gets: 
Come  hither,  come  hither,  come  hither, 

45  Heere  fhall  he  fee,  &c. 


^  I  Tvould  not  change  it,  .  .  .  given  to  Amiens. 


I 


From  As  You  Like  It.  71 

dset  fiilil)li  perswjEid  mi  hwaet  ij  asm." 

s"wi:t  ser  de  iusez  ov  aedversiti, 

hwitj,  lijk  de  to:d^  ugli  aend  venemus, 

we:rz  jit  ae  presTus  d;iuel  in  hiz  hed; 

send  dis  mvr  lijf  eksempt  from  publik  ha:nt  15 

fijndz  tuT)z  in  tri:z,  bu;ks  in  de  runii)  brurks, 

sermonz  in  sto:nz  aend  gud  in  ev(e)ri  eii]. 
ij  wu:ld  not  tjaend5  it. 

semienz.]  hi^pi  iz  iur  grseis, 

daet  ksen  traenslaeit  de  stubornes  ov  fortiun 
intu  so  kwijet  aend  so  swi:t  ae  stijl. 


*  * 

* 


20 


Act  II.     Scene  v. 
[soi).] 

under  de  gri:nwud  tri: 

hwu:  luvz  tu  lij  wid  mi:, 

aend  turn  hiz  meri  noit 

untu  de  swi:t  birdz  ero:t, 
kum  heder,  kum  heder,  kum  heder:  5 

he:r  Jael  hi  si: 

no  enemi: 
but  winter  ;«nd  ruf  weder. 

hwu:  duG  ctmbisTon  Jun  40 

aend  luvz  tu  liv  id  sun, 
sirkii)  de  fu:d  hi  e:ts 
aend  ple:zd  wid  hwxt  hi  gets, 
kum  heder,  kum  heder,  kum  heder, 

he:r  Jael  hi  si:,  &c.  45 


72  From  As  You  Like  It. 


Act  II.     Scene  vii. 


All  the  world's  a  Itage, 

140 And  all  the  men  and  women,  meerely  Players; 
They  haue  their  Exits  and  their  Entrances, 
And  one  man  in  his  time  playes  many  parts, 
His  Acts  being  feuen  ages.     At  firft  the  Infant, 
Mewling,  and  puking  in  the  Nurfes  amies: 

145  Then,  the  whining  Schoole-bo}-  with  his  Satchell 
And  fhining  morning  face,  creeping  like  fnaile 
Vnwillingly  to  fchoole.     And  then  the  Louer, 
Sighing  like  Furnace,  with  a  wofuU  ballad, 
Made  to  his  Miftreffe  eye-brow.     Then,  a  Soldier, 

150  Full  of  ftrange  oaths,  and  bearded  like  the  Pard, 
lelous  in  honor,  fodaine,  and  quicke  in  quarrell. 
Seeking  the  bubble  Reputation 
Euen  in  the  Canons  mouth :  And  then,  the  luftice, 
In  faire  round  belly,  with  good  Capon  lin'd, 

135  With  eyes  feuere,  and  beard  of  formal  1  cut, 
Full  of  wile  fawes,  and  moderne  inftances. 
And  fo  he  playes  his  part.     The  fixt  age  fhifts 
Into  the  leane  and  flipper 'd  Pantaloone, 
With  fpectacles  on  nofe,  and  pouch  on  fide, 

160  His  youthfull  hole  well  fau'd,  a  world  too  wide. 
For  his  fhrunke  fhanke,  and  his  bigge  manl)^  voice, 
Turning  againe  toward  childifh  trebble  pipes, 
And  whiftles  in  his  found.     Laft  Scene  of  all, 
That  ends  this  ftrange  euentfull  hiftorie, 

165  Is  fecond  childifhneffe,  and  meere  obliuion. 

Sans  teeth,  fans  eyes,  fans  tafte,  fans  euery  thing. 


From  As  You  Like  It.  73 

Act  II.     Scene  vii. 

a:l  de  worldz  ae  stoeid^, 
gend  a:l  de  men  ?end  wimen  meirli  plaeierz:^  i40 

dsei  heeiv  daeir  eksits  a?nd  daeir  entrnensez; 
aend  o:n  maen  in  hiz  tijm  pk^iz  mceni  paerts, 
hiz  sekts  bi:(i)i)  sev,n  ae:d;ez.    set  first  de  infaent, 
meulii)  send  piukii)  in  de  nursez  iermz. 
den— de  hwijnii]  sku:l-boi,  wid  hiz  SiEtJ.l  145 

gend  Jijnii)  mornii)  fseis,  kriipiij  lijk  snicil 
unwilii)li  tu  sku:l.     send  den  de  luver, 
sijii)  lijk  furnaes,  wid  ae  woiful  baelaed 
mae:d  tu  hiz  mistres  ijbruw.     den  ae  souldier, 
ful  ov  straend;  o:es  send  berded  lijk  de  paerd,  150 

d;elus  in  oner,  sudaein  aend  kwik  in  kwicrel, 
siikii)  de  bub.l  repiutaeision 

i:vn  in  de  kaenonz  muwe.     aend  den  de  d;ustis, 
in  fseir  ruwnd  beli  wid  gud  kae:p,n  lijnd, 
wid  ijz  seve:r  aend  berd  ov  formi«l  kut,  135 

ful  ov  wnjz  sa:z  aend  modern  inst^ensez; 
aend  so:  hi:  plaeiz  hiz  paert.    de  sikst  ae:d5  Jifts 
intu  de  le:n  aend  sliperd  paentaeluin, 
wid  spektaek,lz  on  no:z  aend  puwtj  on  sijd, 
hiz  jiueful  ho:z,  wel  sieivd,  ae  world  tu:  wijd  100 

for  hiz  Jrui)k  Jx^i]k;  aend  hiz  big  mt^-nli  vois, 
turnig  aegaein  towtt-rd  ^  tjijldij  treb,l,  pijps 
aend  hwist,lz  in  hiz  suwnd.     hisst  se:n  ov  a:l, 
daet  ends  dis  straend;  eventful  histori. 
iz  sekond  tjijldijnes  aend  mc:r  oblivion,  kj.o 

Saenz  ti:e,  sienz  ijz,  sivnz  tasist,  saenz  ev(e)ri  eil). 


•  Or  torrd. 


74  From  As  You  Like  It. 


Sons'. 


Blow,  blow,  thou  winter  winde, 
175        Thou  art  not  lo  vnkinde, 
As  mans  ingratitude: 
Thy  tooth  is  not  fo  keene, 
Becaule  thou  art  not  feene, 

Although  thy  breath  be  rude. 
180  Heigh  ho,  fing  heigh  ho,  vnto  the  greene  holly, 
Moft  frendfhip,  is  fayning;  molt  Louing,  meere  folly; 
Then  ^  heigh  ho,  the  holly, 
This  life  is  moft  iolly. 

Freize,  freize,  thou  bitter  skie 
185       That  doft  not  bight  fo  nigh 
As  benefitts  forgot: 
Though  thou  the  waters  warpe, 
Thy  fting  is  not  fo  fharpe. 
As  freind  remembred  not. 
190  Heigh  ho,  fing,  &c. 


Act  V.     Scene  hi. 

Song. 

It  was  a  Louer,  and  his  laffe, 

With  a  hey,  and  a  ho,  and  a  hey  nonino, 
That  o're  the  greene  corne  feild  did  paffe, 
0        In  -  fpring  time,  the  onely  pretty  ring  ^  time, 
When  Birds  do  fing,  hey  ding  a  ding,  ding. 
Sweet  Louers  loue  the  fpring.  * 


1 


o 


'  The.         2  Ijj  the.         ^  rang.         *  The  last  stansa 
is  printed  as  the  second. 


From  As  You  Like  It.  7o 

[SOI).] 

bio:,  bio:,  duw  winter  wijnd, 

duw  aert  not  so  unkijnd  175 

sez  mgenz  incjr?etitiud ; 

dij  tu:e  iz  not  so  kijn, 

bika:z  duw  gert  not  si:n, 
a:ldu  dij  bre(:)0  bi  riud. 
h^ei-ho:!  sii),  haei-ho:!    untu  de  gri:n  holi :  iso 

mo:st  frendjip  iz  feinii],  nio:st  luvii)  me:r  foli: 

den,  hgsi-ho:,  de  holi! 

dis  lijf  iz  mo:st  d;oli. 

fri:z,  fri:z,  duw  biter  skij, 

dget  dust  not  bijt  so  nij  ifcs 

gez  benefits  forgot: 
dou  duw  de  wgeterz  wgerp, 
dij  stii)  iz  not  so  Jserp 

aez  frend  remembred  not. 
hsei-ho:!  s'l),  &c.  190 


Act  V.     Scene  hi. 
[soi).] 

it  waez  ae  luver  rend  hiz  laes, 

wid  ae  haei,  aend  ae  ho:,  ccnd  oe  haei  nonino:, 
dset  o:r  de  gri:n  kornfi:ld  did  paes 

in  sprii)  tijm,  de  o:nli  preti  rii)  tijm,  20 

hwen  birdz  du  sii),  haei  dig  ae  dig,  dii): 
swi:t  luverz  luv  de  sprii). 


76  From  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew. 

Betweene  the  acres  of  the  Rie, 

With  a  he)-,  and  a  ho,  and  a  hey  nonino: 
25Thefe  prettie  Country  folks  would  lie, 
In  fpring  time,  &c. 

This  Carroll  they  began  that  houre, 

With  a  hey,  and  a  ho,  and  a  hey  nonino: 
How  that  a  hfe  was  but  a  Flower, 
80        In  fpring  time,  &c. 

And  therefore  take  the  prefent  time. 

With  a  hey,  and  a  ho,  and  a  hey  nonino, 

For  loue  is  crowned  with  the  prime. 
In  fpring  time,  &c. 


From  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew. 

Act  IV.     Scene  i. 

160       Pet 

Come  Kate  fit  downe,  I  know  you  haue  a  ftomacke. 
Will  you  giue  thankes,  fweete  Kate,  or  elfe  fhall  I  ? 
What's  this.  Mutton? 
1.  Ser.  I. 

Pet.  Who  brought  it? 

Peter.  I. 

Pet.     'Tis  burnt,  and  fo  is  all  the  meate: 
165  What  dogges  are  thefe  ?  Where  is  the  rafcall  Cooke  ? 
How  durft  you  villaines  bring  it  from  the  dreffer 
And  ferue  it  thus  to  me  that  loue  it  not? 
There,  take  it  to  you,  trenchers,  cups,  and  all : 
You  heedleffe  iolt-heads,  and  vnmanner'd  flaues. 
17  0  What,  do  you  grumble?    He  be  with  you  ftraight. 


From  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew.  77 

bitwi:n  de  aeikerz  ov  de  rij, 

wid  ae  hgei,  send  ae  ho:,  tend  ae  haei  nonino:, 
de:z  preti  kuntri  fo:ks  wu:ld  lij,  25 

in  sprii]  tijm,  <&-r. 


dis  kccrol  daei  big  sen  diet  uwr, 

wid  ae  haei,  aend  ae  ho:,  ?end  ae  haei  nonino:, 
huw  daet  ae  lijf  wsez  but  ae  fluwr 

in  sprii)  tijm,  &c.  so 

aend  de:rfo:r  taeik  de  prezent  tijm, 

wid  ae  haei,  ^nd  ae  ho:,  aend  ae  haei  nonino:; 
for  luv  iz  kruwned  wid  de  prijm 

in  sprig  tijm,  &€. 


From  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew. 

Act  IV.     Scene  i. 

petruikTo:.] leo 

kum,  kae:t,  sit  duwn;  ij  kno:  iu  hsev  ae  stumaek. 
wil  iu  giv  eaegks,  swi:t  kae:t;  or  els  Jael  ij? 
hwaets  dis?  mut,n? 

first  servaent.]  ij. 

petru:kTo:.]  hwu:  brout  it? 

pe:ter.]  ij- 

petru:kTo:.]    tiz  burnt;  aend  so:  iz  a:l  de  me:t. 
hwaet  dogz  aer  de:zl  hwe:r  iz  de  raeskael  ku:k?       loa 
huw  durst  iu,  vilaeinz,  brii]  it  from  dc  dreser, 
aend  serv  it  dus  tu  mi:  dict  luv  it  not? 
de:r,  tae:k  it  tu  iu,  trcntjerz,  kups,  tend  a:l: 
iu  hi:dles  d^oulthedz  aend  unmiTcnerd  slae:vz! 
hwaet,  du  iu  (jrumb,!?  ijl  bi  wid  iu  stncit.  no 


78  From  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew. 

Kate.     I  pray  you  husband  be  not  fo  difquiet^ 
The  meate  was  well,  if  you  were  fo  contented. 

Pet.    1   tell  thee  Kate,    'twas  burnt  and  dried 

awa)', 
And  I  expreffely  am  forbid  to  touch  it: 
175  For  it  engenders  choller,  planteth  anger, 
And  better  'twere  that  both  of  vs  did  faft, 
Since  of  our  felues,  our  felues  are  chollericke, 
Then  feede  it  with  fuch  over-rofted  flefh : 
Be  patient,  to  morrow 't  fhal  be  mended, 
is«>And  for  this  night  we'l  faft  for  companie. 
Come  I  wil  bring  thee  to  thy  Bridall  chamber. 


Act  V.     Scene  ii. 

Fie,  fie,  vnknit  that  threatning  ^  vnkinde  brow. 
And  dart  not  fcornefull  glances  from  thofe  eies, 
To  wound  thy  Lord,  thy  King,  thy  Gouernour. 
It  blots  thy  beautie,  as  frofts  doe  bite  the  Meads, 

140  Confounds  thy  fame,  as  whirlewinds  fhake  faire  budds, 
And  in  no  fence  is  meete  or  amiable. 
A  woman  mou'd,  is  like  a  fountaine  troubled, 
Muddie,  ill  feeming,  thicke,  bereft  of  beautie, 
And  while  it  is  fo,  none  fo  dry  or  thirftie 

145  Will  daigne  to  fip,  or  touch  one  drop  of  it. 
Thy  husband  is  thy  Lord,  thy  life,  thy  keeper. 
Thy  head,  thy  foueraigne :  One  that  cares  for  thee, 
And  for  thy  maintenance  commits  ^  his  body 
To  painfull  labour,  both  by  fea  and  land: 

150  To  watch  the  night  in  ftormes,  the  day  in  cold, 

^  thretaning.  ^  maintenance.    Commits. 


From  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew.      79 

kaertJ    ij  praei  iu,  huzbgend,  bi  not  so  diskwijet: 
de  me:t  wgez  wel,  if  iu  wer  so  kontented. 

petruikTo:.]  ij  tel  di:,  kaeit,  tw^isz  burnt  aend  drijd 

a^waei ; 
gend  ij  ekspresli  gem  forbid  tu  tutj  it. 
for  it  ind;enderz  koler,  plaentce  gegcjer;  175 

aend  beter  t\ve:r  dast  bo; 9  ov  us  did  faest, 
sins,  ov  uwrselvz,  uwrselvz  aer  kolerik, 
den  fi:d  it  wid  sutj  over-ro:sted  flej. 
bi  paeisient;  tu-morout  Jael  bi  mended, 
send,  for  dis  nijt,  wi:l  faest  for  kumpgeni:  iso 

kum,  ij  wil  brii)  di  tu  dij  brijdael  tjsember. 


Act  V.     Scene  ii. 

fij,    fij !     unknit  doet  ere(:)tnii}  unkijnd  bruw, 

aend  daert  not  skornful  glaensez  from  do:z  ijz, 

tu  wuwnd  dij  lord,  dij  kii),  dij  guvernor: 

it  blots  dij  beuti  aez  frosts  du  bijt  de  meidz, 

konfuwndz  dij  faeim  aez  hwirlwijndz  Jaeik  faeir  budz,  uo 

aend  in  no:  sens  iz  mi:t  or  ge:mTaeb,l.  ^ 

ae  wumaen  mu:vd  iz  lijk  ae  fuwntacin  trubled, 

mudi,  il-si:raii),  Oik,  bireft  ov  beuti; 

aend  hwijl  it  iz  so;,  no:n  so  drij  or  Girsti 

wil  daein  tu  sip  or  tutJ  o;n  drop  ov  it.  i46 

dij  huzbaend  iz  dij  lord,  dij  lijf,  dij  ki:per, 

dij  bed,  dij  suv(e;raein;  o;n  daet  k'te;rz  for  di:, 

aend  for  dij  masintentEns  komits  hiz  bodi 

tu  paeinful  lae;bor  bo:0  bij  se:  aend  laend, 

tu  waetj  de  nijt  in  stormz,  de  daei  in  kould,  150 

^  Or  3e:mi3ebl. 


80  From  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew. 

Whil'ft  thou  ly'ft  warme  at  home,  fecure  and  fafe, 
And  craues  no  other  tribute  at  thy  hands, 
But  loue,  faire  lookes,  and  true  obedience; 
Too  Httle  payment  for  fo  great  a  debt. 

155  Such  dutie  as  the  fubiect  owes  the  Prince, 
Euen  fuch  a  woman  oweth  to  her  husband  : 
And   when  fhe  is  froward,  peeuifh,  lullen,  fowre, 
And  not  obedient  to  his  honeft  will, 
What  is  fhe  but  a  foule  contending  Rebell, 

100  And  graceleffe  Traitor  to  her  louing  Lord? 
I  am  afham'd  that  women  are  fo  fimple, 
To  offer  warre,  where  they  f hould  kneele  for  peace : 
Or  feeke  for  rule,  fupremacie,  and  fway, 
When  they  are  bound  to  ferue,  loue,  and  obay, 

165  Why  are  our  bodies  foft,  and  weake,  and  fmooth, 
Vnapt  to  toyle  and  trouble  in  the  world, 
But  that  our  foft  conditions,  and  our  harts, 
Should  well  agree  with  our  externall  parts? 
Come,  come,  you  froward  and  vnable  wormes, 

170  My  minde  hath  bin  as  bigge  as  one  of  yours, 
My  heart  as  great,  my  reafon  haplie  more, 
To  bandie  word  for  word,  and  frowne  for  frowne  ; 
But  now  I  fee  our  Launces  are  but  ftrawes: 
Our  ftrength  as  weake,  our  weakeneffe  paft  compare, 

175  That  feeming  to  be  moft,  which  we  indeed  leaft  are. 
Then  vale  your  ftomackes,  for  it  is  no  boote. 
And  place  your  hands  below  your  husbands  foote : 
In  token  of  which  dutie,  if  he  pleafe, 
My  hand  is  readie,  may  it  do  him  eafe. 


From  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew.      81 

hwijlst  duw  lijst  wserm  aet  ho:m,  sekiur  ^end  saeif; 

send  kraeivz  no  uder  tribiut  get  dij  haendz 

but  luv,  fseir  lu:ks  ccnd  triu  obeidiens; 

tui  lit,l  pgeiment  for  so  greit  as  det. 

sutj  diuti  sez  de  subd;ekt  ouz  de  prins  155 

i:vn  sutJ  ge  wumacn  o:e6  tu  her  huzbsend; 

send  hwen  Ji  Tz^  frowgerd,  piivij,  sulen,  suwr, 

aend  not  obeidient  tu  hiz  onest  wil, 

hwaet  iz  Ji  but  ae  fuwl  kontendiij  rebel 

aend  graeisles  tr^eitor  tu  her  luviij  lord?  loo 

ij  aem  aejaeimd  daet  wimen  aer  so  simp,l 

tu  ofer  waer  hweir  daei  Juild  kniil  for  pe:s, 

or  si:k  for  riul,  siuprem^si  aend  swaei, 

hwen  daei  aer  buwnd  tu  serv,  luv  aend  obaci. 

hwij  aer  uwr  bodiz  soft  aend  we:k  aend  smuiB,  les 

unaept  tu  toil  aend  trub,l  in  de  world, 

but  daet  uwr  soft  kondisTonz  aend  uwr  haerts 

Ju:ld  wel  aegri:  wid  uwr  eksternael  paerts? 

kum,  kum,  iu  frowccrd  aend  unae:b,l  wurmz! 

mij  mijnd  hae8  biin^  ccz  big  aez  o:n  ov  iurz,  170 

mij  haert  aez  gre:t,  mij  re:z,n  haspli  mo:r, 

tu  baendi  word  for  word  aend  fruwn  for  fruwn; 

but  nuw  ij  si:  uwr  laensez  aer  but  stra:z, 

uwr  strei]0  aez  we:k,  uwr  weiknes  paest  kompaeir, 

daet  siimii]  tu  bi  mo:st  hwitj  wi  indiid  le;st  aeir.       175 

den  vtcil  iur  stuma-ks,  for  it  iz  no  bu:t, 

£end  phc:s  iur  haendz  bilo:  iur  huzbiendz  fu;t: 

in  to:k,n  ov  hwitJ  diuti,  if  hi  ple:z, 

mij  haend  iz  re(:jdi-,  myji  it  dui  him  e:z. 


•  Or  Ji:z.  -  bin. 

Victor,  Shakespeare's  Pronunciation,     il. 


82     From  Twelfth  Night;  or,  What  You  Will. 


From  Twelfth  Ntgiit;   or,  What  You  Will. 

Act  I.     Scene  i. 

If  Muficke  be  the  food  of  Loue,  play  on, 
Giue  me  exceffe  of  it:  that  furfetting, 
The  appetite  may  ficken,  and  fo  dye. 
That  ftraine  agen,  it  had  a  dying  fall: 
5O,  it  came  ore  my  eare,  like  the  fweet  found 
That  breathes  vpon  a  banke  of  Violets; 
Stealing,  and  giuing  Odour.     Enough,  no  more, 
'Tis  not  fo  fweet  now,  as  it  was  before. 
O  fpirit  of  Loue,  how  quicke  and  frefh  art  thou, 

10  That  notwithftanding  thy  capacitie, 
Receiueth  as  the  Sea.     Nought  enters  there, 
Of  what  validity,  and  pitch  fo  ere. 
But  falles  into  abatement,  and  low  price 
Euen  in  a  minute  5  fo  full  of  fhapes  is  fancie, 

15  That  it  alone,  is  high  fantafticall. 


Act  II.     Scene  in. 
Clown  e  fings. 

40         O  Miftris  mine  where  are  you  roming? 

O  ftay  and  heare,  your  true  loues  coming, 

That  can  fing  both  high  and  low. 
Trip  no  further  prettie  fweeting: 
Journeys  end  in  louers  meeting, 

45  Euery  wife  mans  fonne  doth  know. 


From  Twelfth  Night  ;  or,  What  You  Will.     83 


From  Twelfth  Night;   or,  What  You  Will. 

Act  I.     Scene  i. 

if  miuzik  bi  de  fu:d  ov  luv,  pliEi  on; 

giv  mi  ekses  ov  it,  daet,  surfetii), 

de  aepetijt  maei  sik,n,  send  so:  dij. 

daet  straein  geggein !  ^  it  haed  ge  dijig  fail : 

o:,  it  kae:m  o:r  mij  e:r  lijk  de  swiit  suwnd,  5 

daet  bre:dz  upon  ^  baeijk  ov  vijolets, 

steilii)  send  givii)  o:dor!  inuf;  no  moir: 

tiz  not  so  swi:t  nuw  aez  it  waez  bifo:r. 

o:  spir(i)t  ov  luv!     huw  kwik  cEnd  frej  aert  duw, 

daet,  notwiestaendii]  dij  kaepaesiti  10 

rese:ve6  aez  de  se:,  nout  enterz  deir, 

ov  hwaet  vaeliditi  send  pitj  soe:r, 

but  fa:lz  intu  aebae:tment  aend  lo:  prijs, 

i:vn  in  ae  miniut:  so  ful  ov  Jaeips  iz  fsensi 

daet  it  aelo;n  iz  hi]  faentaestikael.  15 


Act  II.     Scene  hi. 

[kluwn  sii]z.] 

o:  mistres  mijn,  hwe:r  aer  iu  roimii)?  40 

o:,  staei  icnd  he:r;  iur  triu  luvz  ku(:)inii), 

daet  kaen  sir)  bo:e  hij  aend  lo:: 
trip  no  furder,  priti  swi:tig; 
d5urnLtiz  end  in  luverz  mi:tii) 

ev(e)ri  wijz  miL-nz  sun  duG  kno:.  45 

'  Or  aegen. 


84     From  Twelfth  Night;  ok,  What  You  Wn.L. 

What  is  loue,  tis  not  heereafter, 
Prefent  mirthj  hath  prefent  laughter: 
50         What's  to  come,  is  ftill  vnfure. 
In  delay  there  lies  no  plentie, 
Then  come  kifle  me  fweet  and  twentie: 
Youths  a  ftuffe  will  not  endure. 


Act  II.     Scene  iv. 

Song. 

Come  away,  come  away  death, 

And  in  fad  cypreffe  let  me  be  laide. 
Flye  ^  away,  flie  ^  away  breath, 
55       I  am  flaine  by  a  faire  cruell  maide: 
My  fhrowd  of  white,  ftuck  all  with  Ew, 

O  prepare  it. 
My  part  of  death  no  one  lo  true 
Did  Ihare  it. 

60  Not  a  flower,  not  a  flower  fweete 

On  my  blacke  coffin,  let  there  be  rtrowne:^ 
Not  a  friend,  not  a  friend  greet 

My  poore  corpes,  where  my  bones  fhall  bethrowne : 
A  thoufand  thouland  fighes  to  faue, 
65  Lay  me  6  where 

Sad  true  loucr  neuer  find  my  graue, 
To  weepe  there. 


Fye.  ^  fie.  ^  Itrewne. 


From  Twelfth  Night;  or,  What  You  Will.     85 

hwaet  iz  luv?    tiz  not  heiraefter; 
prezent  mire  hge6  prezent  Isefter; 

hwgets  tu  kum  iz  stil  unsiur:  so 

in  delaei  der  lijz  no  plenti; 
den  kum  kis  mi,  swiit  send  twenti, 

jiu0s  ae  stuf  wil  not  endiur.  ^ 


Act  II.     Scene  iv. 

[SOI].] 

kum  aewgei,  kum  sewaei,  de(:)e, 

gend  in  saed  sijpres  let  mi  bi  laeid; 
flij  aewaei,  flij  aewsei,  bre(:)e; 

ij  gem  slsein  bij  ae  faeir  kriuel  maeid.  ss 

mij  Jruwd  ov  hwijt,  stuk  a:l  wid  iu, 

01,  prep£e:r  it  I 
mij  paert  ov  de(:je,  no  o:n  so  triu 
did  Jas:r  it. 

not  ae  fluwr,  not  ae  fluwr  swiit,  eo 

on  mij  black  kofin  let  der  bi  stroun; 
not  ae  frend,  not  ae  frend  griit 

mij  pu:r  korps,  h\ve:r  mij  bo:nz  Jx\  bi  Groun: 
ae  6uwzaend  euwzasnd  sijz  tu  sae:v, 

laei  mi,  o:,  hwe:r  «5 

saed  triu  luver  never  ^  fijnd  mij  Qraeiv, 
tu  wi:p  de:rl 


Or  indiur.  -  nelr. 


86     From  Twelfth  Night;  or,  What  You  Will. 

Act  III.     Scene  iv. 

01 • 

How  now  Mahiolio? 

Mai.     Sweet  Lady,  ho,  ho. 

01.  Smil'It  thou? 
20 1  lent  for  thee  vpon  a  fad  occafion.  ^ 

Mai.     Sad  Lad}^,    I   could   be   fad :   This  does 

make    fome   obftruction   in  the  blood :    This  croffe- 

gartering,  but  what  of  that  ?  ^    If  it  pleafe  the  eye 

of  one,    it  is  with  me  as  the  very  true  Sonnet  is: 

25  Pleafe  one,  and  pleafe  all. 

01. 3    Why  how  doeft  thou  man  ?  *    What  is  the 
matter  with  thee? 

Mai.    Not  blacke  in  my  minde,  though  yellow 
in  m}^  legges:  It  did  come  to  his  hands,  and  Com- 
somaunds  fhall  be  executed.     I  thinke  we  doe  know 
the  fweet  Romane  hand. 

01.     Wilt  thou  go  to  bed  Maluolio? 

Mai.     To  bed?     I   fweet  heart,  and  He  come 
to  thee. 
86  01.     God  comfort  thee:   Why  doft  thou  fmile 

fo,  and  kiffe  thy  hand  fo  oft? 

Mar.     How  do  you  Maluolio? 

Maltio.     At  your  requeft:"^  Yes,  Nightingales 
anfwere  Dawes. 
4C         Mar.     Why   appeare  you  with  this  ridiculous 
boldneffe  before  my  Lady. 

Mai.     Be  not  afraid  of  greatneffe:  'twas  well 
writ. 


^  LI.  19,  20  printed  as  one  line.  ^  Ll.  21  fo  24 
(.  .  .  that?)  printed  as  three  lines  ending  fad:  —  blood: 
— that?  ^  Mai.  *  Line  ends  here. 


From  Twelfth  Night;  or,  What  You  Will.     87 

Act  in.     Scene  iv. 

oliviae.] 

huw  nuw,  mselvoilToi ! 

m3elvo:lTor.]     swiit  leeidi,  ho:,  ho:. 

oliviae.]     smijlst  duw? 
ij  sent  for  di:  upon  ge  ssd  ok£e:zTon.  20 

maelvo:lTo:.]  saed,  Iae:di !  ij  ku:ld  bi  s^d :  dis  duz 
m3e:k  sum  obstruksTon  in  de  blud,  dis  kros-gaerterii) ; 
but  hwaet  ov  dget?  if  it  ple:z  de  ij  ov  o:n,  it  iz 
wid  mi:  aez  de  veri  triu  sonet  iz,  "ple:z  o:n,  aend 
ple:z  a:l."  25 

oUvTae.]  hwij,  huw  dust  duw,  maen?  hwaet 
iz  de  maeter  wid  di:? 

maelvo:lTo:.]     not  blaek  in  mij  mijnd,   dou  jelo: 
in  mij  legz.    it  did  kum  to  hiz  haendz,  aend  komaendz 
/ael  bi  eksekiuted  :  ij  eigk  wi  du  kno:  de  swi:t  ro:maen  so 
hiend. 

oUvTae.]     wilt  duw  go:  tu  bed,  mKlvo:lTo:  ? 

maelvo:lTo:.]  tu  bed"?  ij,  swi:t-haert,  aend  ijl 
kum  tu  di:. 

oliviae.]      god    kumfort    di: !      hwij   dust    duw  35 
smijl  so:  send  kis  dij  hiend  so  oft? 

maerijae.]     huw  du:  iu,  maelvo:lTo:  ? 

maelvoilTo:.]  aet  iur  rekwest!  jes;  nijtir)gae:lz 
aenswer  da:z. 

mierijcL-.j    hwij  acpe:r  iu  wid  dis  ridikiulus  bould-40 
nes  bifo:r  mij  lcc:di? 

ma;lvo:lTo:.]  "bi:  not  aefraeid  ov  gre:tnes:" 
twaez  wel  writ. 


88  From  The  Winter's  Tale. 

OJ.     A\'hat  meanft  thou  by  that  MahioUo? 
45  Mai.     Some  are  borne  great. 

01     Ha? 

Mai.     Some  atcheeue  greatnelfe. 

01.     What  fayft  thou? 

Mai.     And    fome   haue  greatnelle  thrult  vpon 
50  them. 

01.     Heauen  reltore  thee. 

Mai.     Remember  who  commended  thy  yellow 
ftockings. 

01.     Thy  5'ellow  ftockings? 
55         Mai.     And  wifh'd  to  fee  thee  croffe  garter 'd. 

01.     Croffe  garter 'd? 

Mai.     Go  too,   thou  art  made,  if  thou  defir'ft 
to  be  fo. 

01.     Am  I  made? 
60         Mai.     If  not,  let^  me  fee  thee  a  feruant  ftill. 

01.     Why  this  is  verie  Midfommer  madneffe. 


From  The  Winter's  Tale. 
Act  II.     Scene  i. 

Her.    Take  the  Boy  to  you :  he  fo  troubles  me, 
'Tis  paft  enduring. 

Lady.  Come  (my  gracious  Lord) 

Shall  I  be  your  play-fellow? 

Mam.  No,  He  none  of  you. 

Lady.     Why  (my  fweet  Lord?) 
5         Mam.  You'lekiffemehard,  andfpeaketome,asif 
I  were  a  Baby  ftill.     I  loue  you  better. 

'  ler. 


From  The  Winter's  Tale.  89 

olivTae.]  hwaet  meinst  duw  bij  dset,  maelvoilTo:  ? 

mgelvo:lTo:.]     "sum  ger  born  gre:t," —  45 

olivTae.]     hae? 

moelvo:lio:.]     "sum  oetJi(:)v  gre:tnes/' — 

olivTae.]     hwget  sseist  duw? 

mtelvoilTo:.]  "aend  sum  hgev  greitnes  6rust 
upon  dem."  so 

olivTic.]     he(;)vn  restoir  di: ! 

maelvoilTo:.]  "remember  hwui  komended  dij 
jelo:  stokii)z/' — 

olivTae.]     dij  jelo:  stokiijz! 

maelvoilTo;,]    "aend  wijt  tu  si:  di  kros-gserterd."  55 

olivTae.]     kros-gaerterd ! 

maelvo:lTo:.]  "go:  tu:,  duw  aert  mae:d,  if  duw 
dezijrst  tu  bi:  so:;" — 

olivTae.]     aem  ij  mae:d? 

maelvo:lTo:.]    "if  not,  let  mi  si:  di  ae  servaent  stil."  co 

olivTae.]  hwij,  dis  iz  veri  midsumer  meednes. 


From  The  Winter's  Tale. 
Act  II.     Scene  i. 

hcrmijone:.]    tae:k  de  boi  tu:  iu :  hi:  so  trub,lz  mi:, 
tiz  paest  indiuriij. 

lae:di.]  kum,  mij  gracisTus  lord, 

Jael  ij  bi  iur  pUci-felo:  V 

maemilTus.]  no:,  ijl  no:n  ov  iu. 

lae:di.]     hwij,  mij  swi:t  lord'? 

macmilTus.]  iul  kis  mi  hecrd  icnd  speik  tu  mi  aez  if  e 
ij  wer  ae  bce:bi  stil.     ij  luv  iu  bctcr. 


90  From  The  Winter's  Tale. 

2.  Lady.     And  why  lo  (my  Lord?) 

Mmn.  Not  for  becaufe 

Your  Browes  are  blacker  (yet  bl'ack-browes  they  fay 
Become  fome  Women  beft,  fo  that  there  be  not 
10  Too  much  hah'e  there,  but  in  a  Cemicircle, 
Or  a  halfe-Moone,  made  with  a  Pen.) 

2.  Lady.  Who  taught  'this? 

Mam.    I  learn'd  it  out  of  Womens  faces:  pray 

now, 
What  colour  are  your  eye-browes? 

Lady.  Blew  (my  Lord.) 

Main.     Nay,   that's   a   mock:   I   haue  feene  a 

Ladies  Nofe 
15  That  ha's  beene  blew,  but  not  her  eye-browes. 

Her Come  Sir,  now 

I  am  for  you  againe :  'Pray  5'ou  fit  by  vs. 
And  tell's  a  Tale. 

Mam.  Merr}",  or  fad,  fhal't  be? 

Her.     As  merry  as  you  will. 

25         Main.    A  fad  Tale's  beft  for  Winter:  I  haue  one 
Of  Sprights,  and  Goblins.  ^ 

Her.  Let's  haue  that  (good  Sir.) 

Come-on,  fit  downe,  come-on,  and  doe  your  beft. 
To  fright  me  with  your  Sprights:  you're  powrcfuU 

at  it. 

Mam.     There  was  a  man. 

Her.  Nay,  come  fit  downe:  then  on. 

^  L.  25  ends  with  Winter,  /.  26  with  Goblins. 


From  The  Winter's  Tale.  91 

sekond  lae:di.]     eend  hwij  so;,  mij  lord? 

maemilTus.]  not  for  bika:z 

iur  bruwz  aer  blseker;  jit  blaek  bruwz,  daei  saei, 
bikum  sum  wimen  best,  so  daet  der  bi:  not 
tu:  mutj  haeir  de:r,  but  in  ae  semisirk,!,  lo 

or  ae  ha:f-mu:n  mae:d  wid  se  pen. 

sekond  lae:di.]  hwu:  ta:t  dis? 

maemilTus.]    ij   lernd  it  uwt  ov  wimenz  fae:sez. 

praei  nuw 
hwast  kulor  -xv  iur  ij-bruwz? 

Iseidi.]  bliu,  mij  lord. 

maemilTus.]     nasi,  daets  ae  mok :  ijv  sim  ae  lae:diz 

no:z 

daet  haez  biin  bliu,  but  not  her  ij-bruwz.  15 

hermijone:.] kum,  sir,  nuw 

ij  aem  for  iu  aegaein:  praei  iu,  sit  bij  us, 
aend  tels  ae  tae;l. 

maemilTus.]  meri  or  saed  Jaelt  bi:? 

hermijone:.]     aez  meri  aez  iu  wil. 

maemilTus.]  ae  saed  tac:lz  best  for  winter :  ij  hae:v  o:n  25 
ov  sprijts  aend  goblinz. 

hermijone:.]  lets  hae:v  daet,  gud  sir. 

kum  on,  sit  duwn:  kum  on,  aend  du:  iur  best 
tu  frijt  mi  wid  iur  sprijts;  iur  puwrful  aet  it. 

meemilTus.]     der  WcEZ  ae  maen  — 

hermijone:.]  nici,  kum,  sit  duwn;  den  on. 


92  From  King  John. 

80         Mam.    Dwelt  b}-  a  Church-yard:  I  will  tell  it 

foftly, 
Yond  Crickets  fhall  not  heare  it. 

Her.  Come  on  then, 

And  giu't  me  in  mine  eare.^ 

* 

Act  IV.     Scene  hi. 

Song. 

lOG-ON,  log-on,  the  foot-path  way, 

And  merrily  hent  the  Stile-a: 
A  merry  heart  goes  all  the  day, 
135  Your  fad  tyres  in  a  Mile-a. 


From  King  John. 
Act  I.     Scene  i. 

A  FOOT  of  Honor  better  then  I  w^as, 

But  many  a  many  foot  of  Land  the  worfe. 

Well,  now  can  I  make  any  loane  a  Lady, 

185  Good  den  Sir  Richard,  Godamercy  fellow. 

And  if  his  name  be  George,  He  call  him  Peter ; 
For  new  made  honor  doth  forget  mens  names: 
'Tis  too  refpectiue,  and  too  fociable 
For  your  conuerfion,  now  your  traueller, 

190  Hee  and  his  tooth-picke  at  my  worfhips  meffe. 
And  when  my  knightly  ftomacke  is  fuffis'd. 
Why  then  I  fucke  my  teeth,  and  catechize 
My  picked  man  of  Countries:  my  deare  fir, 

'  Come  .  .  .  care  printed  as  one  line. 


From  King  John.  93 

maemilTus.]    dwelt  bij  ge  tjurtjjaerd :  ij  wil  tel  it  so 

softli  5 
jond  krikets  Jael  not  he:r  it. 

hermijone:.]  kum  on,  den, 

send  givt  mi  in  mijn  e:r. 

* 
Act  IV.     Scene  hi. 

[SOT].] 

djocj  on,  d^ocj  on,  de  fu:t-pae6  waei, 

send  merili  hent  de  stijl-ae: 
ge  meri  haert  go;z  a:l  de  dsei, 

iur  sged  tijrz  in  ge  mijl-ge.  135 


From  King  John. 

Act  I.     Scene  i. 

ae  fuit  ov  onor  beter  den  ij  wgez; 

but  maeni  se  maeni  fu:t  ov  laend  de  wurs. 

wel,  nuw  kgen  ij  mge:k  aeni  d50:n  ge  Iserdi. 

"gud  den,  sir  ritjgerd:" — "god-ae-mersi,  feloi!" —      135 

aend  if  hiz  nge:m  bi  d-ord;,  ijl  ka:l  him  peiter; 

for  niu-mae:d  onor  du6  forget  menz  naeanz; 

tiz  tu:  respektiv  aend  tu:  so:sTaeb,l  ^ 

for  iur  konversTon.     niuv  iur  tneveler, 

hi:  send  hiz  tuiBpik  act  mij  wurjips  mes,  ijo 

gend  hwen  mij  knijtli  stumauk  iz  sufijzd, 

hwij  den  ij  suk  mij  ti:0  aend  kaetekijz 

mij  piked  mgen  ov  kuntriz:  "mij  de:r  sir," 

'  Or  soisisebl. 


94  From  King  Richard  II. 

Thus  leaning  on  mine  elbow  I  begin, 
196 1  fhall  befeech  you;  that  is  queftion  now, 
And  then  comes  anfwer  like  an  Abfey  booke: 
O  fir,  fayes  anfwer,  at  your  beft  command. 
At  your  employment,  at  your  feruice  fir: 
No  fir,  faies  queftion,  I  fweet  fir  at  yours, 
200  And  fo  ere  anfwer  knowes  what  queftion  would, 
Sauing  in  Dialogue  of  Complement, 
And  talking  of  the  Alpes  and  Appenines, 
The  Perennean  and  the  riuer  Poe, 
It  drawes  toward  fupper  in  conclufion  fo. 


Act  V.     Scene  vir. 

This  England  neuer  did,  nor  neuer  fhall 
Lye  at  the  proud  foote  of  a  Conqueror, 
But  when  it  firft  did  helpe  to  wound  it  felfe. 
115  Now,  thefe  her  Princes  are  come  home  againe, 
Come  the  three  corners  of  the  world  in  Armes, 
And  we  fhall  fhocke  them :  Naught  fhall  make  vs  rue, 
If  England  to  it  felfe,  do  reft  but  true. 


From  King  Richard  II. 

Act  II.     Scene  i. 
40  This  royall  Throne  of  Kings,  this  fceptred  Ifle, 
This  earth  of  Maiefty,  this  feate  of  Mars, 
This  other  Eden,  demy  paradife. 
This  Fortreffe  built  by  Nature  for  her  felfe, 
Againft  infection,  and  the  hand  of  warre: 


From  King  Richard  II.  95 

dus,  le:nii)  on  mijn  elbo:,  ij  bigin, 

"ij  Jgel  bisiitj  iu" — daet  iz  kwestion  nuw;  195 

gend  den  kumz  aenswer  lijk  aen  gebsi  bu:k: 

"o:  sir/'  sasiz  asnswer,  "aet  iur  best  komasnd; 

aet  iur  emploiment;  aet  iur  servis,  sir:" 

"no:,  sir,"  saeiz  kwestion,  "ij,  swi:t  sir,  aet  iurz:" 

send  so:,  e:r  aenswer  knouz  hwast  kwestion  wu:ld,  200 

sae:vii)  in  dijaelog  ov  kompliment, 

gend  ta:kir)  ov  de  selps  aend  aspenijnz, 

de  pirene:aen  aend  de  river  po:, 

it  dra:z  to:rd  super  in  konkliuzTon  so:. 


Act  V.     Scene  vii. 

dis  iglaend  never  did,  nor  never  Jael, 

lij  set  de  pruwd  fu:t  ov  x  koijkeror, 

but  hwen  it  first  did  help  tu  wuwnd  itself. 

nuw  de:z  her  prinsez  aer  kum  ho:m  aegaein,  115 

kum  de  6ri:  kornerz  ov  de  world  in  aermz, 

aend  wi:  Jael  Jok  dem.     na:t  JceI  mxik  us  riu, 

if  iglaend  tu  itself  du  rest  but  triu. 


From  King  Richard  II. 

Act  II.     Scene  i. 
dis  roiael  6ro:n  ov  kirjz,  dis  septred  ijl,  40 

dis  e(:)re  ov  macd;esti,  dis  se:t  ov  maerz, 
dis  uder  e:d,n,  demi-paeraedijs, 
dis  fortres  bilt  bij  nae:tiur  for  herself 
aegaeinst^  infeksTon  a;nd  de  hgend  ov  waer, 

'  Or  aegenst. 


96       From  the  First  Part  of  King  Henry  IV. 

45  This  happy  breed  of  men,  this  little  world, 
This  precious  ftone,  let  in  the  filuer  lea, 
Which  fcrucs  it  in  the  office  of  a  wall, 
Or  as  a  Moate  defenfiue  to  a  houfe, 
Againft  the  enu)^  of  leffe  happier  Lands, 

5  0  This  blef  fed  plot,  this  earth,  thisRealme,  this  England, 

This  Land  of  fuch  deere  foules,  this  deere-deere  Land, 
Deere  for  her  reputation  through  the  world, 
Is  now  Leas'd  out  (I  dye  pronouncing  it) 

CO  Like  to  a  Tenement  or  pelting  Farme. 
England  bound  in  with  the  triumphant  fea, 
Whofe  rocky  fhore  beates  backe  the  enuious  fiedge 
Of  watery  Neptune,  is  now  bound  in  with  fhame, 
With  Inky  blottes,  and  rotten  Parchment  bonds. 

Co  That  England,  that  was  wont  to  conquer  others, 
Hath  made  a  fhamefull  conqueft  of  it  felfe. 
Ah!  would  the  fcandall  vanifh  with  my  life. 
How  happy  then  were  my  enfuing  death? 


From  the  First  Part  of  King  Henry  IV. 

Act  II.     Scene  iv. 

Prince.     What's  the  matter? 
175  Falft.     What's   the  matter?  here  be  foure  of 

vs,  haue  ta'ne  a  thoufand  pound  this  Morning. 
Prince.     Where  is  it,  lack?  where  is  it? 
180         Falft.     Where   is   it?   taken  from  vs,    it  is:  a 
hundred  vpon  poore  foure  of  vs. 

Prince.     What,  a  hundred,  man? 


From  the  First  Part  of  King  Henry  IV.       97 

dis  haepi  bri:d  ov  men,  dis  lit,l  world,  45 

dis  presTus  sto:n  set  in  de  silver  se:, 

hwitj  servz  it  in  de  of  is  ov  ae  wa:l 

or  gez  ae  mo:t  defensiv  tu  se  huws, 

aegseinst  de  envi  ov  les  haepTer  laendz, 

dis  blesed  plot,  dis  e(:)re,  dis  ri:lm,  dis  irjlgend,       50 

dis  laend  ov  sutj  de:r  soulz,  dis  de:r  de:r  leend. 

deir  for  her  repiutasisTon  eru:  de  world, 

iz  nuw  leist  uwt.  ij  dij  pronuwnsii)  it, 

lijk  tu  ae  tenement  or  peltii)  fccrm:  eo 

iijlaend.  buwnd  in  wid  de  trijumfasnt  se:, 

hwu:z  roki  Jo:r  beits  baek  de  envTus  siid; 

ov  waet(e)ri  neptiun,  (i)z  nuw  buwnd  in  wid  Jae:m, 

wid  igki  blots  aend  rot,n  paertjment  bondz : 

daet  irjlaend,  d^t  waez  wunt  tu  kogker  uderz,  65 

haee  mae:d  ae  Jaermful  konkwest  ov  itself. 

aeh,  wu:ld  de  skaendael  vaenij  wid  mij  lijf, 

huw  haepi  den  wer  mij  insiuii]  de(:)e ! 


From  the  First  Part  of  King  Henry  IV. 

Act  II.     Scene  iv. 

prins.]     hwaets  de  maeter? 

failstacf.]  hwaets  de  maeter!  heir  bi  four  ovits 
us  haev  tae:n  a;  Ouwztcnd  puwnd  dis  mornii). 

prins.]     hweir  iz  it,  d5aek  V     hwe:r  iz  it? 

failstaef.]  hweir  iz  it!  tai:k,n  from  us  it  iz:  aeiso 
hundred  upon  pu:r  four  ov  us. 

prins.]     hwaet,  ae  hundred,  micnV 

Victor,  Shnkcspeare'i  Pronunciiition.     II.  7 


98       From  the  First  Part  of  King  Hknry  IV. 

FnJst.  I  am  a  Rogue,  if  I  were  not  at  halfc  Sword 
with  a  dozen  of  them  two  houres  together.  I  haue 
i85fcaped  by  miracle.  I  am  eight  times  thruft  through 
the  Doublet,  foure  through  the  Hofe,  my  Buckler 
cut  through  and  through,  my  Sword  hackt  like  a 
Hand-faw,  ccce  figmwi.  I  neuer  dealt  better  fince 
I  was  a  man :  all  would  not  doe.  A  plague  of  all 
190 Cowards:  let  them  Ipeake;  if  they  fpeake  more  or 
lelfe  then  truth,  they  are  villaines,  and  the  fonnes 
of  darkneffe. 

Prince.     Speake  firs,  how  was  it? 

Gad.     We  foure  fet  upon  fome  dozen. 

Falft.     Sixteene,  at  leaft,  my  Lord. 
195  Gad.     And  bound  them. 

Peto.     No,  no,  they  were  not  bound. 

Falft.     You  Rogue,    they   were  bound,    euery 
man  of  them,   or  I  am  a  lew  elfe,  an  Ebrew  lew. 
200  Gad.    As  we  were  fharing,  fome  fixe  or  feuen 

frefh  men  fet  vpon  vs. 

Falft.     And  vnbound  the  reft,  and  then  come 
in  the  other. 

Prince.  What,  fought  yee  with  them  all? 
205  Falft.  All?  I  know  not  what  yee  call  all: 
but  if  I  fought  not  with  fiftie  of  them,  I  am  a 
bunch  of  Radifh :  if  there  were  not  two  or  three 
and  fiftie  vpon  poore  olde  lack,  then  am  I  no  two- 
legg'd  Creature. 

Prin.  ^    Pray  Heauen,  you  haue  not  murthered 
210  fome  of  them. 

Falft.     Nay,   that's   paft  praying  for,    I  haue 
pepper 'd  two  of  them :  Two  I  am  fure  I  haue  payed, 

^  Poin. 


From  the  First  Part  of  King  Henry  IV.       99 

failstsef.]  ij  sem  ge  ro:g,  if  ij  wer  not  aet  haif- 
sword '  wid  ae  duz,n  ov  dem  tu:  uwrz  tugeder.  ij 
haev  skaeipt  bij  miraek,!.  ij  ?em  seit  tijmz  0rust  erur  de  iso 
dublet,  four  eru:  de  ho:z;  mij  bukler  kut  0ru:  send 
eru: ;  mij  swo(:)rd  ^  hsekt  lijk  aehaend-sa:  —  ekse  signum ! 
ij  never  delt  beter  sins  ij  wasz  se  meen:  a:l  wuild 
not  du:.  ae  plaeig  ov  a:l  kuwaerdz !  let  dem  spe:k :  190 
if  daei  spe:k  mo:r  or  les  den  triuS,  daei  aer  vilaeinz 
aend  de  sunz  ov  daerknes. 

prins.]     speik,  sirz;  huw  waez  it? 

gaedzhil.]     wi:  four  set  upon  sum  duz^n — 

failstaef.]     sikstiin  aet  leist  mij  lord. 

gaedzhil.]    aend  buwnd  dem.  195 

pe:to:.]     no:,  no:,  daei  wer  not  buwnd. 

fa:lstaef.]    iu  ro:g,  daei  we:r  buwnd,  ev(e)ri  maen 
ov  clem;  or  ij  aem  ae  d5iu  els,  aen  eibriu  d5iu. 

gaedzhil.]    xz  wi  wer  Jae:rii],  sum  siks  or  seven  200 
frej  men  set  upon  us — 

fa:lstaef.]     aend  unbuwnd  de  rest,  aend  den  kum 
in  de  uder. 

prins.]     hwaet,  fout  ji  wid  dem  a:l? 

fa:lstaef.]     a:ll     ij    kno:   not   hwaet   ji   ka:l  a:l;205 
but  if  ij  fout  not  wid  fifti  ov  dem,  ij  aem  ae  buntj 
ov  raedij:  if  der  wer  not  tu:  or  eri:  aend  fifti  upon 
pu:r  ould  d;aek,  den  sem  ij  no  tu;-legd  kre:tiur. 

prins.]     praei   he(:)vn   iu   haev   not   murder(e)d  2x0 
sum  ov  dem. 

fa:lstaef.]      naei,   dsets   pacst   praeir)   for:    ij  haev 
peperd    tu:    ov   dem;    tu:    ij   ;Lm  siur  ij    hicv  paeid, 

'  Or  swuf:)rd. 


100     From  thk  First  Part  of  King  Henry  IV. 

two  Rogues  in  Buckrom  Sutes.  I  tell  thee  what, 
215  Hal,  it  I  tell  thee  a  Lye,  fpit  in  my  face,  call  me 
Horfe :  thou  knoweft  my  olde  ward :  ^  here  I  lay, 
and  thus  I  bore  my  point;  foure  Rogues  in  Buck- 
rom let  driuc  at  me. 

Prince.     What,    foure?   thou   fayd'ft  but  two, 
euen  now. 
220         Falft.     Foure  Hal,  I  told  thee  foure. 
Poin.     I,  I,  he  (aid  foure. 
Falft.   Thefe  foure  came  all  a-front,  and  mainely 
thruft  at  me;  I  made  no  more  adoe,  but  tooke  all 
their  feuen  points  in  my  Targuet,  thus. 
225         Prince.     Seuen?   why  there   were    but  foure, 
euen  now. 

Falft.     In  Buckrom. 
Poin.     I,  foure,  in  Buckrom  Sutes. 
230         Falft.    Seuen,  by  thefe  Hilts,  or  I  am  a  Villaine 
elfe. 

Prin.     Prethee  let  him  alone,  whe  fhall  haue 
more  anon. 

Falft.     Doeft  thou  heare  me,  Hal? 
Prin.     I,  and  marke  thee  too,  lack. 
235         Falft.     Doe    fo,    for   it   is   worth   the  liftning 
too :  thefe  nine  in  Buckrom,  that  I  told  thee  of. 
Prin.     So,  two  more  alreadie. 
Falft.     Their  Points  being  broken. 
Poin.     Downe  fell  his  Hofe. 
240         Falft.    Began  to  giue  me  ground  :  but  I  followed 
me  clofe,  came  in  foot  and  hand ;  and  with  a  thought, 
feuen  of  the  eleuen  I  pay'd. 

Prin.      O    monftrous!    eleuen    Buckrom    men 
245growne  out  of  two? 

^  word. 


From  the  First  Part  of  King  Henry  IV.      101 

tu:  ro:gz  in  bukrom  siuts.    ij  tel  di  hwset,  hgel,  if  ij 
tel   di   ge   lij,    spit  in  mij  fgeis,   ka:l  mi  hors.     duw2]5 
knouest   mij   ould  waerd :    he:r   ij    lasi,   «nd    dus   ij 
bo:r    mij    point,      four    ro:gz    in   bukrom    let   drijv 
aet  mi: — 

prins.]     hwget,  four?    duw  sgeidst  but  tu:  i:v,n 

nuw. 

failstasf.]     four,  hasl;  ij  tould  di  four.  220 

poinz.]     ij;  ij,  hi  sseid  four. 

fa:lstaef.]  de:z  four  kas:m  a:l  ge-frunt,  send 
maeinli  0rust  set  mi:,  ij  maeid  no  mo:r  gedu:  but 
tu:k  a:l  daeir  sev,n  points  in  mij  tasrget,  dus. 

prins.]     sev,n?    hwij,    der  wer   but   four   i:v,n225 
nuw. 

fa:lst3ef.]     in  bukrom? 

poinz.]     ij,  four,  in  bukrom  siuts. 

fa:lstaef.]      sev.n,    bij    de:z   hilts,    or   ij   aem  ae.'so 
vilaein  els. 

prins.]  pridi:,  let  him  aeloin;  wi  Jsel  hasiv  mo:r 
aenon. 

fa:lstaef.]     dust  duw  he:r  mi,  hgel? 

prins.]     ij,  aend  mserk  di  tu;,  d;aek. 

fa:lstaef.]     du:  so,  for  it  iz  wur0  de  listniij  tu:.  235 
de:z  nijn  in  bukrom  daet  ij  tould  di  ov  — 

prins.]     so;,  tu:  mo:r  a:lre(:)di. 

fa:lstaef.]     daeir  points  bi:ii]  bro:k,n  — 

poinz.]     duwn  fel  (h)iz  ho:z. 

fa:lstcef.]      bicjaen    tu    (jiv   mi    gruwnd:    but   iJ24o 
foloud  mi  klo:s,  kac:m  in  fu:t  a^nd  hocnd-  aend  wid 
ae  Bout  sev,n  ov  de  elev,n  ij  paeid. 

prins.]  o;  monstrus!  elev,n  bukrom  men  groun 
uwt  ov  tu;l  2« 


102     From    ihe  First  Part  of  King  Henry  IV. 

Falft.  But  as  the  Deuill  would  haue  it,  three 
mil-begotten  Knaues,  in  Kendall  Greene,  came  at 
my  Back,  and  let  driue  at  me ;  for  it  was  fo  darke, 
Hal,  that  thou  couldTt  not  fee  thy  Hand. 

Prin.  "Why,  how  could 'ft  thou  know  thefe 
men  in  Kendall  Greene,  when  it  was  fo  darke, 
thou  could 'ft  not  fee  thy  Hand?  Come,  tell  vs 
your  reafon:  what  fay 'ft  thou  to  this? 

200         Poin.     Come,  your  reafon  lack,  your  reafon. 

Falft.     What,    vpon   compulfion  ?      No :   were 

I  at  the  Strappado,  or  all  the  Racks  in  the  World, 

I   would   not   tell  you  on  compulfion.     Giue  you  a 

reafon  on  compulfion?    If  Reafons  were  as  plentie 

265  as  Black-berries,    I   would    giue  no  man  a  Reafon 
vpon  compulfion,  I. 


Act  V.     Scene  iv. 

Fare  thee  well  ^  great  heart : 
lU-weau'd  Ambition,  how  much  art  thou  fhrunke? 
When  that  this  bodie  did  containe  a  fpirit, 

90 A  Kingdome  for  it  was  too  fmall  a  bound: 
But  now  two  paces  of  the  vileft  Earth 
Is  roome  enough.    This  Earth  that  beares  the  dead, 
Beares  not  aliue  fo  ftout  a  Gentleman. 
If  thou  wer't  fenfible  of  curtefie, 

95 1  fhould  not  make  fo  great  a  fhew  of  Zeale. 
But  let  my  fauours  hide  thy  mangled  face. 
And  euen  in  thy  behalfe,  He  thanke  my  felfe 
For  doing  thefe  fayre  Rites  of  Tenderneffe. 

^  Farewell  F,  Fare  thee  well  Q. 


From  the  First  Part  of  King  Henry  IV.     103 

failstaef.]  but,  aez  de  di:v,l  wuild  heeiv  it,  Grii 
misbJgot,n  knaeivz  in  kendgel  grim  kseim  ast  mij 
bsek  send  let  drijv  aet  mi ;  for  it  wasz  so  daerk,  hael, 
daet  duw  kuildst  not  si:  dij  haend. 

prins.]  hwij,  huw  ku:ldst  duw  kno:  de:z  men 
in  kendael  grim,  hwen  it  waez  so  daerk  duw  kuildst 
not  si:  dij  haend  V  kum,  tel  us  iur  re:z,n:  hwaet  saeist 
duw  tu  dis? 

poinz.]     kum,  iur  re:z,n,  d~aek,  iur  re:z,n.  260 

failstaef.]  hwaet,  upon  kompulsTon?  noi:  we:r 
ij  aet  de  straepae:do,  or  a:l  de  raeks  in  de  world, 
ij  wu:ld  not  tel  iu  on  kompulsTon.  giv  iu  ae  re:z,n 
on  kompulsTon!  if  re:z,nz  wer  aez  plenti  aez  blaek- 
beriz,  ij  wu:ld  giv  no:  maen  as  re:z,n  upon  kom-265 
pulsTon,  ij. 


Act  V.     ScKNE  iv. 

fge:r  di  wel,  gre:t  haert! 
il-we:vd  aerxibisTon,  huw  mutj  aert  duw  Jrui]k ! 
hwen  daet  dis  bodi  did  kontaein  ae  spirit, 
ae  kiijdum  for  it  waez  tu:  sma:l  ae  buwnd;  90 

but  nuw  tu:  pae:sez  ov  de  vijlest  e(:)r0 
iz  ru:m  inuf:  dis  e(:)r6  daet  be:rz  de  ded 
be;rz  not  aelijv  so  stuwt  ae  d5ent,lmaen. 
if  duw  wert  sensib.l  ov  kurtesi 

ij  Ju:ld  not  mae:k  so  gre:t  ac  Jo:  ov  ze:l :  95 

but,   let  mij  fLc:vorz  hijd  dij  maeT]gled  fre:s; 
aend,  i:vn  in  dij  biha:f,  ijl  Oieijk  mijself 
for  du:iT)  de:z  faeir  rijts  ov  tcndernes. 


104     From  the  Second  Part  of  King  Henry  IV. 

Adieu,  and  take  thy  praife  with  thee  to  heauen, 
100  Thy  ignomy  fleepe  with  thee  in  the  graue, 
But  not  rcmembred  in  thy  Epitaph. 


From  the  Second  Part  of  King  Henry  IV. 

Act  III.     Scene  i. 

How  many  thoufand  of  my  pooreft  Subiects 
^  Are  at  this  howre  afleepe  ?  O  Sleepe,  O  gentle  Sleepe, 
Natures  foft  Nurfe,  how  haue  I  frighted  thee, 
That  thou  no  more  wilt  weigh  my  eye-lids  downe, 
And  fteepe  m}^  Sences  in  Forgetfulneffe  ? 
Why  rather  (Sleepe)  lyeft  thou  in  fmoakie  Cribs, 

loVpon  vnealie  Pallads  fti-etching  thee. 
And  huifht  with  buffing  Night-flyes  ^  to  thy  flumber, 
Then  in  the  perfum'd  Chambers  of  the  Great? 
Vnder  the  Canopies  of  coftly  State, 
And  lull'd  with  founds  of  fweeteft  Melodic? 

15  O  thou  dull  God,  why  l)^eft  thou  with  the  vilde, 
In  loathfome  Beds,   and  leau'ft  the  Kingly  Couch, 
A  Watch-cafe,  or  a  common  Larum-Bell? 
Wilt  thou,  vpon  the  high  and  giddie  Malt, 
Scale  vp  the  Ship-boyes  Eyes,  and  rock  his  Braines, 

20  In  Cradle  of  the  rude  imperious  Surge, 
And  in  the  vifitation  of  the  Windes, 
Who  take  the  Ruffian  Billowes  by  the  top. 
Curling  their  monftrous  heads,    and  hanging  them 
With  deaff'ning  Clamors  in  the  flipp'ry  Clouds, 

25 That  with  the  hurley.  Death  it  felfe  awakes? 

^  Night,  flyes. 


From  the  Second  Part  of  King  Henry  IV.     105 

aediu,  aend  tae:k  dij  praeiz  wid  di  tu  he(:)v,n! 

dij  ignomi  sliip  wid  di  in  de  graeiv,  loo 

but  not  remembred  in  dij  epitsef ! 


From  the  Second  Part  of  King  Henry  IV. 

Act  III.     Scene  i. 

huw  maeni  Buwzsend  ov  mij  puirest  subd;ekts 

ger  aet  dis  uwr  assli:p !  o:  sli:p,  oi  d;ent,l  sliip,  •'' 

naeitiurz  soft  nurs,  huw  hsev  ij  frijted  di:, 

daet  duw  no  mo:r  wilt  waei  mij  ijlidz  duwn 

gend  sti:p  mij  sensez  in  forgetfulnes '? 

hwij  raeder,  sli:p,  lijst  duw  in  smo:ki  kribz, 

upon  uneizi  paelaedz  stretjii]  di:  lo 

aend  hwijt^  wid  buzii]  nijt-flijz  tu  dij  slumber, 

den  in  de  perfiumd  tjccmberz  ov  de  gre:t, 

under  de  kaenopiz  ov  kostli  stae:t, 

aend  luld  wid  suwndz  ov  swi:test  melodi? 

o:  duw  dul  (jod,  hwij  lijst  duw  wid  de  vijld  15 

in  lo:esum  bedz,  aend  le:vst  de  kiijli  kuwtj 

ae  waetj-kae:s  or  ae  komon  lasrum-bel'? 

wilt  duw  upon  de  hij  icnd  gidi  maest 

se:l  up  de  Jip-boiz  ijz,  aend  rok  hiz  braeinz 

in  krae:d,l  ov  de  riud  impe:rTus  surd^  20 

aend  in  de  vizityL':.sTon  ov  de  wijndz, 

hwu:  ticik  de  rufucn  bilouz  bij  de  top, 

kurlii]  daeir  monstrus  hedz  tend  hterjgii]  dem 

wid  defniij  klaemorz  in  de  slipri  kluwdz. 

daet,  wid  de  hurli,  def:)e  itself  iKwae:ks?  25 

'  Or  Iiujl. 


lOb  From  King  Henry  V. 

Canft  thou  (O  partiall  Sleepe)  giue  thy  Repofe 

To  the  wet  Sea-Boy,  in  an  houre  fo  rude: 

And  in  the  calmelt,  and  moft  ftilleft  Night, 

With  all  appliances,  and  meanes  to  boote, 

80  Deny  it  to  a  King '?    Then  happy  Lowe,  lye  downe, 

Vneafie  lyes  the  Head,  that  weares  a  Crowne. 

*  * 

* 

Act  IV.     Scene  iv. 

Will  Fortune  neuer  come  with  both  hands  full, 

But  write  her  faire  words  (till  in  fouleft  Letters'? 

losShee  eyther  gives  a  Stomack,  and  no  Foode, 

(Such  are  the  poore,  in  health)  or  elle  a  Feaft, 

And  takes  away  the  Stomack  (luch  are  the  Rich, 

That  haue  aboundance,  and  enioy  it  not.) 


From  King  Henry  V. 
Act  III.     Scene  iv.  ^ 
Kath.     Alice,   tu  as   efte^  en    Angleterre,   et 
tu  bien  parlas  le  Language. 
Alice.     Un^  peu  Madame. 
Kath.      le   te   prie ,  m'enfigniez ,    il    faut    que 
sie   apprenne^   a   parler:^   Coment^  appellez'^  vous 
la^  main  en  Anglois? 

Alice.   La  ^  main,  elle  *"  eft  ^^  appellee '  de  Hand. 

'  In  order  to  serve  as  a  basis  for  a  "received" 
pronunciation,  the  text  has  been  altered  also  in  places 
'where  the  F  readings  may  he  oris,inal  {cf.  \cfor  la  and 
Ics,  apprend  for  apprenne,  <&-r.).  The  Q  texts  differ  so 
much  that  they  /lave  been  disregarded.  A  few  commas, 
&c.  have  been  omitted  or  supplied.         "  cite.  "  En. 

*  apprend.        ^  parlen.         **  Comient.         '^  appelle.         **  le. 
9  Le.  '"  il.  ^'  &. 


From  King  Henry  V.  107 


kaenst  duw,  or  pgersTsel  sli:p,  giv  dij  repoiz 
tu  de  wet  seiboi  in  sen  uwr  so  riud, 
send  in  de  kaimest  aend  moist  stilest  nijt, 
wid  a:l  aeplijaensez  ^end  meinz  tu  buit, 
denij  it  tu  as  kig "?    den  hi^pi  lo:,  lij  duwn ! 
uneizi  lijz  de  bed  dset  we:rz  cE  kruwn. 


30 


* 

Act  IV.     Scene  iv. 
wil  fortiun  never  kum  wid  bo: 9  haendz  ful, 
but  wrijt  her  fseir  wordz  stil  in  fuwlest  leterz? 
Ji  eider  givz  se  stum?ek  ?snd  no  fuid;  los 

sutj  ser  de  puir,  in  helO;  or  els  x  feist 
gend  taeiks  aewaei  de  stumitk;  sutJ  aer  de  ritj, 
daet  haev  sebundaens  aend  ind^oi  it  not. 


From  King  Henry  V. 
Act  III.     Scene  iv.  ^ 
kaeeerin.]    alisa,  ty  a(z)  ete  am  itigbtens,  e  ty 
bjli  parla  la  lagaiga. 

ailis.]     yi  pe,  madama, 

ka.'eerin.]    ;3  ta  priia  muisejiei ;  il  foi  ka  gaprsn 
a   parlei.     kii:ma:(t)  apalei-vu:  la  meli  am  aiglosiV     5 

aslis.]     la  me!:?     si  sit  apale:  "de  hiend."  ^ 

'  I}i  our  F-  transcriplio)i ,  ik'hich  cati  be  only 
tentative,  e,  o,  and  s,  3,  stand  for  the  close  and  open 
sounds  respectively ,  ivhilst  no  distinc/wn  betiveen 
different  shades  of  "a"  (a)  and  "en"  (ej  sounds  has  been 
attempted,  i  a)id  y  (=  "u")  are  always  close,  a  is  the 
i)idistinct  "efetninin;"  \\,  non-syllabic  y.  Nasal  vozvels 
are  denoted  by  I,  &c.  Vovoel-loiiith  is  more  or  less 
doubtful.  The  only  new  consonant  is  ji,  i.  e.  tlie  palatal 
nasal  sotuid  =  "gn."  -  Or,  after  the  F.  manner,  do 
h.lidijd. 


108  From  King  Henry  V. 

Kath.     De  Hand.     E  les^  doyts?^ 
Alice. '^     Les*    doyts,    ma   foy   le   oublie,   les 
lodoyts,  ^   mays   ie    me    Iouien(d)ray,  "^    les^  doyts,   ie 
penfe   qu'ils   sont'   appellcs^   de    fingres,    oui,  ^   de 
fingres. 

Kath.^^     La*   main   de  Hand,  les^  doyts  de' 
Fingres,    ie    penfe    que    ie    fuis    le    bon    efcholier. 
15 Pay    gaynie'^    deux'-    mots    d'Anglois   viftement, 
coment  appellez^  vous  les'  ongles? 

Alice.  Les*  ongles,  nous'^  les appellons deNayles. 
Kath.      De  Nayles,    elcoute:    dites   moy,    li  ie 
parle  bien:  de  Hand,  de  Fingres,  e  de  Nayles. 
20  Alice.     C'eft   bien   diet  Madame,    il   elt'*  fort 

bon  Anglois. 

Kath.     Dites  moy  1' Anglois  pour  le  bras. 
Alice.     De  Arme,  Madame. 
Kath.     E  le'5  coude?'« 
25         Alice.    D' Elbow. 

Kath.  D'Elbow :  Ie  m'en  '^  fay  la  '  repetition  '^ 
de  touts  les  mots  que  vous  m'aves '"  apprins  des  a 
prefent. 

Alice.     II  est  '*  trop  difficile  Madame,    comme 
30  Ie  penfe. 

Kath.    Excufe  moy  Alice,  efcoute,  d'Hand,  de 
Fingres,  -'"  de  Nayles,  d'Arma,  de  Bilbow. 
Alice.     D'Elbow,  Madame. 
Kath.  O  Seigneur  Dieu,  ie  m'en"  oublie,  d'Elbow, 
coment  appellez^  vous  le  col? 

'  le.  -  E  Ie  doyts  given  to  Alice.      ^  Kat.       *  Le. 

^  e  doyt.  '^  fouemeray.          ''  ont.          *  appelle.         ^  on. 

-^   Alice.  Only    the   second    sentence   given   to  Kath. 

-'  gaynie.  ^-  diux.           '•'  nous  oni.           '*  &.          ''^  de. 

^'^  coudee.  "  men.       '^^  repiticio.       ''^  maves.      ^**  Fingre. 


From  King  Henry  V.  109 

kae8erin.]     "de  hsend."     e  Is:  dot:  ? 

cclis.]  Is:  dot:  ?  ma  fos,  ;ubli:9  Is:  dos: ;  ms:  53 10 
ma  suvjl:(d)re.    Is:  dos:'?    59  pn:S9  kil  sii:t  apale:  "de 
fiijgerz;"  wi,  "de  fiijcjerz."^ 

kaeSerin.]     la  mel:,    "de  haend;"    Is:  dos:,    "de 
fiijgerz;"    59   pa:S9   k9   59   sqi   b   biiin   ekalje:;    ;e 
gajie  de:  mo:  djl:gl6s:  vit9mri:.    kii:ma:(t)  ap9le:-vu:  is 
Isz  u:cjl9? 

ifilis.]     Isz  ii:gl9?  nu:  Isz  apglu:  "de  ngeilz."  ^ 

kseeerin.]  "de  riEeilz."  ekuitg;  dit9-m6s  si  z,e 
parb  bjl::  "de  hctnd,"  "de  fii]cjerz,"  e  "de  nreilz." 

celis.]      ss:   bji;    di ,    madama ;    il    s:    hir    bii:n  20 
a:gI6s:. 

kacGerin.]     dit9-m6s  la:gI6s:  pu:r  b  bra:. 

iclis.]     "de  aerm/'^  madam9. 

ka^eerin.]     e  b  ku:d9y 

£Elis.]     "delbo:."  *  25 

kcteerin.]  "delbo:."  §9  ma:  fs:  la  repetisju: 
d9  tu:  Is:  mo;  kg  vu:  mave:(z)  aprl:  ■'  ds:z  a 
preza:. 

a.*lis.]  il  s:  trD(p)  difisib,  madam9,  ku:m9  59 
pa:s9.  30 

k?c9erin.]  sksky:z9-m6s,  alis9;  eku;t9:  "dccnd," 
"de  figgerz,"  "de  mcilz,"  "dii:rmie/'«  "de  bilbo:." 

■dulis.]     "delbo:,"  madama. 

kce6erin.]  o:  sejio:r  dje,  59  ma:n  ubli:9 !  "delbo:." 
ku:ma:(t)  ap9le:-vu:  b  kol?^ 

'  Or  fl:(ji;groz   cf.  p.  107,  note  2).  "''  ns:lz  (cf.  ib.). 

"  arm.  *  "ddbo.  '  apri:  fif  we  read  "appris"). 

"  darmo.  '  ku:. 


110  From  King  Richard  III. 

85         Alice.     De  Neck,  ^  Madame. 

KatJi.     De  Nick,  e  le  menton? 
Alice.     De  Chin. 

Kath.     De   Sin:    le   col   de   Nick,    le   menton 
40  de  Sin. 

Alice.  Ouy.  Sauf  voftre  honneur  en  verity  ^ 
vous  pronouncies^  les  mots  aufi  droict,  que  les* 
Natifs  d'Angleterre. 


From  King  Richard  III. 

Act  I.     Scene  i. 

Now  is  the  Winter  of  our  Difcontent, 

Made  glorious  Summer  by  this  Son  of  Yorke : 

And  all  the  clouds  that  lowr'd  vpon  our  houfe 

In  the  deepe  bofome  of  the  Ocean  buried. 
5  Now  are  our  browes  bound  with  Victorious  Wreathes, 

Our  bruifed  armes  hung  vp  for  Monuments; 

Our  fterne  Alarums  chang'd  to  merry  Meetings; 

Our  dreadfull  Marches,  to  delightful!  Meafures. 

Grim-vifag'd  Warre,    hath  fmooth'd  his  wrinkled 

Front : 
10  And  now,  in  ftead  of  mounting  Barbed  Steeds, 

To  fright  the  Sou  les  of  fearfull  Aduerfaries, 

He  capers  nimbly  in  a  Ladies  Chamber, 

To  the  lafciuious  pleafing  of  a  Lute. 

But  I,  that  am  not  fhap'd  for  fportiue  trickes, 
15  Nor  made  to  court  an  amorous  Looking-glaffe : 

I,  that  am  Rudely  ftampt,  and  want  loues  Maiesty, 

^  Nick.  ^  verite.  ^  pronouncies.  *  le. 


From  King  Richard  III.  Ill 

jelis.]     "de  nek,"  madama.  35 

kteeerin.]     "de  nik."     e  b  maitiii? 

sells.]     "de  tjin." 

keeeerin.]    "de  sin."    b  kol,  "de  nik;"  b  maitii:, 

"de  sin."  *o 

cells.]      wi.     so:f    voir   Hmeir,    a:   verite,    vu: 
prDniiisje:  k:  mo:(z)  o:sl  dros  ka  Is:  natif  daigbtsna. 


From  King  Richard  III. 
Act  I.     Scene  i. 

nuw  iz  de  winter  ov  uwr  dlskontent 

maeid  (jloirTus  sumer  blj  dis  sun  ov  jork; 

aend  a:l  de  kluwdz  daet  luwrd  upon  uwr  huws 

in  de  di:p  bu:zom  ov  de  oisuen  berid. 

nuw  ccr  uwr  bruwz  buwnd  wid  vikto:rTus  wreidz;  5 

uwr  brluzed  acrmz  huij  up  for  moniumenls; 

uwr  stern  a^lserumz  tjacnd;d  tu  merl  mi:tir)z 

uwr  dredful  maertjez  tu  delljtful  me(:)ziurz. 

grim-vizacd5d  wyer  htee  smu:dd  hiz  wrinkled  frunt ; 

tend  nuw,  Insted  ov  muwntii]  ba^rbed  sthdz  10 

tu  frljt  de  soulz  ov  feirful  ledversaeriz, 

hi  kseiperz  nlmbll  in  ge  Igeidiz  tjaember 

tu  de  lacsivTus  pleizii]  ov  a;  Hut. 

but  ij,  diet  cvm  not  J;L:pt  for  sportiv  triks, 

nor  mie:d  tu  ku:rt  ivn  ;um(o)rus  luikiij-glies;  15 

ij,  d£et  xm  riudli  sta;mpt,  icnd  wient  luvz  myed5(e)sti 


112  From  King  Richard  III. 

To  Itrut  before  a  wanton^  amblino-  Nymph: 
1,  that  am  curtail 'd  of  this  faire  Proportion, 
Cheated  of  Feature  b)'-  diffcmbling  Nature, 

2oDeform'd,  vn-finilh'd,  lent  before  my  time 

Into  this  breathing  World,  fcarfe  halfe  made  vp, 
And  that  fo  lamely  and  vnfafhionable ; 
That  dogges  barke  at  me,  as  I  halt  by  them : 
Why  I  (in  this  weake  piping  time  of  Peace) 

ssHaue  no  delight  to  paffe  away  the  time, 
Vnleffe  to  fee  my  Shadow  in  the  Sunne, 
And  defcant  on  mine  owne  Deformit)'. 
And  therefore,  fince  I  cannot  proue  a  Louer, 
To  entertaine  thefe  faire  well  fpoken  dayes, 

30 1  am  determined  to  proue  a  Villaine, 
And  hate  the  idle  pleafures  of  thefe  dayes. 


Act  IV.     Scene  hi. 
The  tyrannous  and  bloodie  Act  is  done, 
The  moft  arch  deed  of  pittious  maffacre 
That  euer  yet  this  Land  was  guilty  of: 
Dighton  and  Forreft,  who  I  did  fuborne 
5  To  do  this  peece  of  ruthfull  Butchery, 
Albeit  they  were  flefht  Villaines,  bloody  Dogges, 
Melted  with  tenderneffe,  and  milde  compaffion. 
Wept  like  to  Children,  in  their  deaths  fad  Story. 
O  thus  (quoth  Dighton)  lay  the  gentle  Babes: 
10  Thus,  thus  (quoth  Forreft)  girdling  one  another 
Within  their  Alablafter  innocent  Armes: 
Their  lips  were  foure  red  Rofes  on  a  ftalke. 
And  in  their  Summer  Beauty  kift  each  other. 

'  wonton. 


From  King  Richard  III.  113 

tu  strut  befo:r  ee  wsenton  iTcmblii)  nimf; 

ij,  dset  sem  kurtseild  ov  dis  faeir  proporsTon, 

tje:ted  ov  fe:tiur  bij  disemblii]  nieitiur, 

deformd,  unfinijt,  sent  befo:r  mij  tijm  20 

intu  dis  bre:dig  world,  sksers  ha:f  mee:d  up, 

aend  daet  so:  kcimli  i3end  unfaijlfomcb,! 

deet  dogz  bccrk  aet  mi;  gez  ij  ha:lt  bij  dem- 

hwij,  ij,  in  dis  we:k  pijpii)  tijm  ov  peis, 

haev  no:  delijt  tu  paes  icwcei  de  tijm,  25 

unles  tu  si:  mij  Jaedo:  in  de  sun 

aend  deskaent  on  mijn  oun  deformiti : 

aend  de:rfo:r,  sins  ij  kivnot  pru:v  le  luver, 

tu  entertaein  de:z  faeir  wel-spo:k,n  daeiz, 

ij  aem  determined  tu  pru:v  ae  vilaein  30 

aend  hae;t  de  ijd,l  ple(:)ziurz  ov  de:z  daeiz. 


Act  IV.     Scene  hi. 

de  tincnus  icnd  bludi  ^ckt  iz  dun, 

de  mo:st  icrtj  di:d  ov  pitTus  meissa^ker 

dact  ever  jit  dis  kend  waez  gilti  ov. 

dijton  lend  forest,  hwu:  ij  did  suborn 

tu  du:  dis  pi:s  ov  riuOful  butjeri,  5 

a:lbi:(i)t  da:-i  wer  flejt  viheinz,  bludi  dogz, 

melted  wid  tendernes  .end  kijnd  komp;eston 

wept  lijk  tu:  tjildren  in  dieir  de(:)0s  Sied  sto:ri. 

"o:  dus,"  kwoe  dijton,  "hei  de  d;ent,l  bce:bz:" 

"dus,  dus,"  kwoe  forest,  "girdlii]  o:n  icnuder  10 

widin  div'iT  aelaebhester  inosent  lermz: 

"dicir  lips  wer  four  red  ro:zcz  on  ;e  sta:k, 

aend  in  dtcir  sumer  beuti  kist  e:tj  uder. 

Victor,  Shakespeare's  Pronunciation.     II.  8 


114  From  King  Richard  III. 

A  Booke  of  Prayers  on  their  pillow  lay, 
i5\Vhichonce\quothi'orr<?5i^)almo[tchang'dmyminde: 
But  oh  the  Diuell,  there  the  Villaine  ftopt: 
When  DigJiton  thus  told  on,  we  fmothered 
The  moft  replenifhed  fweet  worke  of  Nature, 
That  from  the  prime  Creation  ere  fhe  framed. 
20  Hence  both  are  gone  with  Confcience  and  Remorfe, 
They  could  not  fpeake,  and  fo  I  left  them  both, 
To  beare  this  tydings  to  the  bloody  King. 


Act  V.     Scene  iv. 

Cat.     Rescue   my  Lord   of  Norfolke,   Refcue, 

Refcue :  ^ 
The  King  enacts  more  wonders  then  a  man. 
Daring  an  oppolite  to  euery  danger: 
His  horfe  is  flaine,  and  all  on  foot  he  fights, 
5 Seeking  for  Richmond  in  the  throat  of  death: 
Refcue  faire  Lord,  or  elfe  the  day  is  loft. 

Rich.     A  Horfe,    a  Horfe,   my  Kingdome  for 

a  Horfe. 
Gates.     Withdraw  my  Lord,  He  helpe  you  to 

a  Horfe. 
Rich.     Slaue,    I  haue  fet  my  life  vpon  a  caft, 
10  And  I  will  ftand  the  hazard  of  the  Dye : 
I  thinke  there  be  fixe  Richmonds  in  the  field, 
Fiue  haue  I  flaine  to  day,  in  ftead  of  him. 
A  Horfe,  a  Horfe,  ray  Kingdome  for  a  Horfe. 


^  one  F,  once  Q.  ^  Refcue,  Refcue:  a  separate  line. 


From  King  Richard  III.  115 

ae  bu:k  ov  prsei^rz  on  d«ir  pilo:  Isei; 

hwitj  Gins,"  kwoe  forest,  "ailmoist  tjaendgd  mij  mijnd ;  15 

but  0:!  de  diivil" — deir  de  vilsein  stopt; 

hwen  dijton  dus  tould  on:  "wi  smuderd 

de  mo:st  replenijed  swi:t  wurk  ov  nteitiur, 

daet  from  de  prijm  kreseisTon  e:r  Ji  frEeimd." 

hens  boie  aer  go:n  wid  konsTens  aend  remors;  20 

daei  kuild  not  spe:k;  send  so:  ij  left  dem  boiS, 

tu  be:r  dis  tijdigz  tu  de  bludi  kiij. 


Act  V.     Scene  iv. 

kaeitsbi.]     reskiu,   mij  lord  ov  norfouk,  reskiu, 

reskiu ! 
de  kii)  enaekts  mo:r  wunderz  den  ae  maen, 
daeirii)  aen  opozit  tu  ev(e)ri  daend5er: 
hiz  hors  iz  slaein,  aend  a:l  on  fu:t  hi  fijts, 
si:kig  for  ritjmond  in  de  eroit  ov  de(:)0.  5 

reskiu,  faeir  lord,  or  els  de  daei  iz  lost! 

ritjaerd.]    ae  hors!    ae  hors!  mij  kii]dum  for  ae 

hors ! 

kse:tsbi.]     wiedra:,    mij  lord!     ijl  help  iu  tu  ae 

hors. 

ritjaerd.]    slae:v,  ij  haev  set  mij  lijf  upon  ae  kaest, 
aend  ij  wil  stiend  de  haezacrd  ov  de  dij :  lo 

ij  eil)k  der  bi  siks  ritjmondz  in  de  fi:ld; 
fijv  hcev  ij  slaein  tu-diiei  insted  ov  him. 
ae  hors!  ae  hors!  mij  kiijdum  for  ae  hors! 


8- 


116  From  King  Henry  VIII. 

From  King  Henry  VIII. 

Act  III.     Scene  ir. 

Farewell  !  ^    A  long  farewell  to  all  my  Greatncffe. 
This  is  the  ftate  of  Man;  to  day  he  puts  forth 
The  tender  Leaues  of  hopes,  to  morrow  Bloffomes, 
And  beares  his  blufhing  Honors  thicke  vpon  him: 

855  The  third  day,  comes  a  Froft;  a  killing  Froft, 

■    And  when  he  thinkes,  good  ealie  man,  full  furely 
His  Greatneffe  is  a  ripening,  nippes  his  roote, 
And  then  he  fals  as  I  do.     I  haue  ventur'd 
Like  little  wanton  Boyes  that  fwim  on  bladders: 

360  This  many  Summers  in  a  Sea  of  Glory, 

But  farre  beyond  my  depth :  my  high-blowne  Pride 
At  length  broke  vnder  me,  and  now  ha's  left  me 
Weary,  and  old  with  Seruice,  to  the  mercy 
Of  a  rude  ftreame,  that  muft  for  euer  hide  me. 

aesVaine  pompe,  and  glory  of  this  World,  I  hate  ye, 
I  feele  my  heart  new  open'd.     Oh  how  wretched 
Is  that  poore  man,  that  hangs  on  Princes  fauors? 
There  is  betwixt  that  fmile  we  would  afpire  too. 
That  Iweet  Afpect  of  Princes,  and  their  ruine, 

370  More  pangs,  and  feares  then  warres,  or  women  haue ; 
And  when  he  falles,  he  falles  like  Lucifer, 
Neuer  to  hope  againe. 


^  Farewell?. 


From  King  Henry  VIII.  117 

From  King  Henry  VIII. 

Act  III,     Scene  ii. 

faeirwel!  se  loij  fyeirwel,  tu  a:l  mij  gre:tnes! 

dis  iz  de  stgeit  ov  m3en  :  tu-d^ei  hi  puts  furS 

de  tender  le:vz  ov  hoips;  tu-moro:  blosomz, 

send  be:rz  hiz  blujii]  onorz  eik  upon  him; 

de  eird  daei  kumz  x  frost,  x  kilii)  frost,  ass 

send  hwen  hi  6ii)ks,  gud  e:zi  msen,  ful  siurii 

hiz  greitnes  iz  ae-rijpnii],  nips  hiz  ruit, 

send  den  hi  failz,  aez  ij  dui.     ij  hfcv  ventiurd,  ^ 

lijk  lit,l  Wctnton  boiz  dcCt  swim  on  bUcderz, 

dis  mseni  sumerz  in  se  se:  ov  fjloiri,  seo 

but  fser  bi-jond  mij  dep6 :  mij  hij-bloun  prijd 

set  lei)6  bro:k  under  mi:  icnd  nuw  hsez  left  mi;, 

we:ri  send  ould  wid  servis,  tu  de  mersi 

ov  it  riud  stre:m,  daet  must  for  ever  hijd  mi:. 

vsein  pomp  lend  glo:ri  ov  dis  world,  ij  hae:t  ji: :       365 

ij  fi:l  mij  haert  niu  o:p,nd.     o:  huw  wretjed 

iz  daet  pu:r  msen  dset  haeijz  on  prinsez  faE:vorz! 

der  iz,  bitwikst  daet  smijl  wi  wu:ld  aespijr  tu:, 

diet  swi:t  icspekt  ov  prinsez,  send  daeir  riuin, 

mo:r  psci]z  aend  fe:rz  den  Wicrz  or  wimen  hiE:v:    370 

send  hwen  hi  fa:lz,  hi  fa:lz  lijk  liusifer, 

never  tu  ho;p  icgsein. 


'  Oy  venterd. 


118  From  Coriolanus. 

From  Coriolanus. 

Act  V.     Scene  hi. 

Nay,  go  not  from  vs  thus: 
If  it  were  lo,  that  our  requeft  did  tend 
To  faue  the  Romanes,  thereby  to  deftroy 
The  Voices  whom  you  ferue,  you  might  condemne  vs 

135  As  poyfonous  of  your  Honour.     No,  our  fuite 
Is  that  you  reconcile  them:  While  the  Voices 
May  fay,  this  mercy  we  haue  fhew'd  :  the  Romanes, 
This  we  receiu'd,  and  each  in  either  fide 
Giue  the  All-haile  to  thee,  and  cry  be  Bleft 

140  For   making   vp  this  peace.     Thou  know'ft  (great 

Sonne) 
The  end  of  Warres  vncertaine:  but  this  certaine, 
That  if  thou  conquer  Rome,  the  benefit 
Which  thou  fhalt  thereby  reape,  is  fuch  a  name 
Whole  repetition  will  be  dogg'd  with  Curfes: 

usWhofe  Chronicle  thus  writ,  The  man  was  Noble, 
But  with  his  laft  Attempt,  he  wip'd  it  out: 
Deftroy 'd  his  Country,  and  his  name  remaines 
To  th'infuing  Age,  abhorr'd.    Speake  to  me  Son: 
Thou  haft  affected  the  fine  ^  ftraines  of  Honor, 

150  To  imitate  the  graces  of  the  Gods. 

To  teare  with  Thunder  the  wide  Cheekes  a'th'Ayre, 
And  yet  to  charge  ^  thy  Sulphure  with  a  Boult 
That  fhould  but  riue  an  Oake.  Why  do'ft  not  fpeake? 
Think 'ft  thou  it  Honourable  for  a  Nobleman 

155 Still  to  remember  wrongs?    Daughter,  fpeake  you: 
He  cares  not  for  your  weeping.    Speake  thou  Boy, 

'  fiue.  ^  change. 


From  Coriolanus.  119 

From  Coriolanus. 

Act  V.     Scene  hi. 

ricei,  go:  not  from  us  dus. 
if  it  we:r  so:  dcEt  uwr  rekwest  did  tend 
tu  sae:v  de  ro:maenz,  de:rbij  tu  destroi 
de  volse:z  hwu:m  iu  serv^  iu  mijt  kondem  us, 
sez  poiznus  ov  iur  onor:  no:;  uwr  siut  135 

iz,  daet  iu  rekonsijl  dem:  hwijl  de  volse:z 
mgei  saei  "dis  mersi  wi  haev  Joud;"  de  ro:m^nz, 
"dis  wi  rese:vd;"  aend  e:tj  in  e:der  sijd 
giv  de  a:l-hgeil  tu  di:,  send  krij  "bi:  blest 
for  mae:kir)  up  dis  pe:s!"  duw  knoust,  gre;t  sun,     uo 

de  end  ov  waerz  unsert?cin,  but  dis  sertaein, 

daet,  if  duw  koi]ker  ru:m,  de  benefit 

hwitj  duw  JcElt  de:rbij  re;p  iz  sutj  cE  mE:m, 

hwu:z  repetisTon  wil  bi  dogd  wid  kursez; 

hwu:z  kronik,!  dus  writ :  "de  meen  w£ez  no:b,l,        145 

but  wid  hiz  laest  aetempt  hi  wijpt  it  uwt; 

destroid  hiz  kuntri,  aend  hiz  ncE:m  remeeinz 

tu  dinsiuii]  cE:d;  iEbhord."     spe:k  tu  mi:,  sun : 

duw  ha;st  iEfekted  de  fijn  straeinz  ov  onor, 

tu  imitx*:t  de  gneisez  ov  de  godz:  150 

tu  te:r  wid  Bunder  de  wijd  tji:ks  o  daeir 

aend  jit  tu  tJ;Erd5  dij  sulfur  wid  x  boult 

daet  Ju:ld  but  rijv  ;En  o:k.     hwij  dust  not  spe:k? 

eigkst  duw  it  on(o)r:Ebl  for  je  no:b,l  m^en 

stil  tu  remember  wrorjzV  da:ter,  spe:k  iu:  iss 

hi  kiE:rz  not  for  iur  wi:pii).     spe:k  duw,  boi: 


120  From  Corioi.anus. 

Perhaps  thy  childifhne[fe  will  moue  him  more 
Then  can  our  Reafons.   There's  no  man  in  the  world 
More  bound  to's  Mother,  yet  heere  he  let's  me  prate 
160  Like  one  i'th'  Stockes.    Thou  haft  neuer  in  thy  life, 
Shew'd  thy  deere  Mother  any  curtefie, 
When  fhe  (poore  Hen)  fond  of  no  fecond  brood, 
Ha's  clock'd  thee  to  the  Warres :  and  fafelie  home 
Loden  with  Honor.     Say  my  Requeft's  vniuft, 
165  And  fpurne  me  backe:  But,  if  it  be  not  fo 

Thou  art  not  honeft,  and  the  Gods  will  plague  thee 
That  thou  reftrain'ft  from  me  the  Duty,  which 
To  a  Mothers  part  belongs.     He  turnes  away: 
Down  Ladies:  let  vs  fhame  him  with  our  knees 
170  To  his  fur-name  Coriolaniis  longs  more  pride 
Then  pitty  to  our  Prayers.     Downe:  an  end, 
This  is  the  laft.     So,  we  will  home  to  Rome, 
And  dye  among  our  Neighbours:  Nay,  heboid's, 
This  Boy  that  cannot  tell  what  he  would  haue, 
175  But  kneeles,  and  holds  vp  hands  for  fellowfhip, 
Doe's  reafon  our  Petitio.i  with  more  ftrength 
Then  thou  haft  to  deny't.     Come,  let  vs  go: 
This  Fellow  had  a  Volcean  to  his  Mother: 
His  Wife  is  in  Corioles,  and  his  Childe 
18  0  Like  him  by  chance:  yet  giue  vs  our  difpatch: 
I  am  hufht  vntill  our  City  be  afire, 
And  then  He  fpeak  a  litle.  ^ 


^  &  then  ile  fpeak  a  litle,  not  beginning  a  new  line. 


From  Coriolanus.  121 

perhveps  dij  tjijldijnes  wil  mu:v  him  rtiox 

den  ki3en  uwr  re:z,nz.     derz  no:  msen  in  de  world 

moir  buwnd  tuz  muder;  jit  he:r  hi  lets  mi  prceit 

lijk  o:n  id  stoks.     duw  (hae)st  never  in  dij  lijf         leo 

Joud  dij  deir  muder  leni  kurtesi, 

hwen  Jii,  puir  hen,  fond  ov  no:  sekond  bru:d, 

haez  klokt  di  tu  de  waerz  ccnd  saeifli  ho:m, 

lo:d,n  wid  onor.     sgei  mij  rekwests  und;ust, 

aend  spurn  mi  baek:  but  if  it  bii  not  sor,  ics 

duw  aert  not  onest;  i^cnd  de  godz  wil  pl?e:g  di:, 

daet  duw  restrisinst  from  mi:  de  diuti  hwitj 

tu  ae  muderz  paert  biloi]z.     hi  turnz  aewaci: 

duwn,  lse:diz;  let  us  jx:m  him  wid  uwr  kni:z. 

tu  (h)iz  surnae:m  korToIie:nus  loi]z  mo:r  prijd  170 

den  piti  tu  uwr  prcEi,rz.     duwn:  aen  end; 

dis  iz  de  laest:  so:  wi  wil  ho:m  tu  ru:m, 

aend  dij  aemoi]  uwr  ne:borz:^  naei,  bihoulds: 

dis  boi,  daet  kaenot  tel  hwaet  hi  wu:ld  hae:v, 

but  kni:lz  lund  houldz  up  haendz  for  felo:Jip,  175 

duz  re:z,n  uwr  petisTon  wid  mo:r  streijB 

den  duw  haest  tu  denijt.     kum,  let  us  go: : 

dis  felo:  hscd  ae  volseccn  tu  hiz  muder; 

hiz  wijf  iz  in  korij(o)le:z,  aend  hiz  tjijld 

lijk  him  bij  tjtens.     jit  giv  us  uwr  dispaetj:  iso 

ij  (ae)m  hujt  until  uwr  siti  bi:  aefijr, 

aend  den  ijl  spe:k  x  lit.l. 


'  Or  ricX'iborz. 


122  From  Romeo  and  Juliet. 

From  Romeo  and  Juliet. 

Act  II.     Scene  ii. 
26  Rom.  She  fpeakes. 

Oh  fpeake  againe  bright  Angell,  for  thou  art 
As  glorious  to  this  night  being  ore  my  head, 
As  is  a  winged  meffenger  of  heauen 
Vnto  the  white  vpturned  wondring  eyes 
30  Of  mortalls  that  fall  backe  to  gaze  on  him, 
When  he  beftrides  the  lazie  puffing  Cloudes, 
And  failes  vpon  the  bofome  of  the  ayre. 

lul.     O  Romeo,   Romeo,   wherefore  art  thou 

Romeo  ? 
Denie  thy  Father  and  refufe  thy  name: 
35  Or  if  thou  wilt  not,  be  but  fworne  my  Loue, 
And  lie  no  longer  be  a  Capiilet. 

Rom,.     Shall   I  heare  more,   or  fhall  I  fpeake 

at  this? 
In.     'Tis  but  thy  name  that  is  my  Enemy: 
Thou  art  thy  felfe,  though  not  a  Moiintague, 
40  What's  Mo7intagiie?  it  is  nor  hand  nor  foote, 
Nor  arme,  nor  face,  nor  any  other  part  ^ 
Belonging  to  a  man.  ^     O  be  fome  other  name ! 
Whats  in  a  name?  that^  which  we  call  a  Rofe, 
By  any  other  word  would  Imell  as  fweete, 
45  So  Romeo  would,  were  he  not  Romeo  cal'd, 
Retaine  that  deare  perfection  which  he  owes, 
Without  that  title.     Romeo, "^  doffe  thy  name, 
And  for  thy  name  which  is  no  part  of  thee, 
Take  all  my  felfe. 

'  N.  a.,  n.  f.,  O  be  fome  other  name  QF.  "  Line 

ending  here  QF.    "  WhatV  in  a  names  that.    ■'  title  Romeo,. 


From  Romeo  and  Juliet.  123 

From  Romeo  and  Juliet. 

Act  II.     Scene  ii. 

roimec:.]  Ji  sperks:         25 

o;,  spe:k  gegaein,  brijt  ccnd;,!!  for  duw  aert 
gez  glo:rTus  tu  dis  nijt,  bi:(i)i)  o:r  mij  bed, 
aez  iz  ge  wiijcjed  mesend;er  ov  he(:)vn 
untu  de  hwijt-upturned  wundrii]  ijz 
ov  mortgelz  dget  fail  bsek  tu  gaeiz  on  him  30 

hwen  hi  bistrijdz  de  laeizi  pufir)  kluwdz 
send  seeilz  upon  de  bu:zom  ov  de  seir. 

d5iulTet,]    o:  roimeo:,  roimeo: !  hwe;rfo:r  gert  duw 

roimeoi  ? 
denij  dij  fyeder  gend  refiuz  dij  me;m; 
or,  if  duw  wilt  not,  bi:  but  sworn  mij  luv,  35 

ajnd   ijl  no  loijcjer  bi:  ixi  kccpiulet. 

roimeo:.]     Jgel  ij  he:r  mo:r,  or  Jael  ij  spe:k  aet 

dis? 

d5iulTet.]     tiz  but  dij  nge:m  daet  iz  mij  enemi; 
duw  ;ert  dijself,  dou  not  ic  muwntrcgiu. 
hwgets  raPwntcEfjiu?  it  iz  nor  hxnd,  nor  fu:t,  40 

nor  germ,  nor  fge:s,  nor  geni  uder  pccrt 
biloi]C]ii)  tu  ge  mien,     o:,  bi:  sum  uder  nge:m! 
hwxts  in  ic  nge:m?     diet  hwitj  wi  ka:l  ge  ro:z 
bij  ccni  uder  word  wu:ld  smel  lez  swi:t-, 
so:  ro:mco:  wuild,  wc(;)r  hi  not  roimeo:  ka:ld,         45 
retx'in  diet  deir  perfeksTon  hwitJ  hi  ouz 
widuwt  diet  tijt.l.     roimC'Oi,  dof  dij  nieim, 
gend  for  dij  n;uim  hwitJ  iz  no  piert  ov  dii 
tieik  a:l  mijself. 


124  From  Romeo  and  Juliet. 

Rom.  1  take  thee  at  thy  word  : 

60 Call  me  but  Loue,  and  He  be  new  baptiz'd, 
Hence  foorth  I  neuer  will  be  Romeo. 

Jul.     Thou  knoweft  the  maske  of  night  is  on 

my  face, 
Elfe  would  a  Maiden  blufh  bepaint  my  cheeke, 
For  that  which  thou  haft  heard  me  fpeake  to  night, 
Faine  would  I  dwell  on  forme,  faine,  faine,  denie 
What  I  haue  fpoke,  but  farewell  Complement, 

goDoeft  thou  Loue  me?^     I  know  thou  wilt  fay  I, 
And  I  will  take  thy  word,  yet  if  thou  fwear'ft. 
Thou  maieft  proue  falfe :  at  Louers  periuries 
They  fay  lotie  laughs,  -  oh  gentle  Romeo, 
If  thou  doft  Loue,  pronounce  it  faithfully: 

95  Or  if  thou  thinkeft  I  am  too  quickly  wonne. 
He  frowne  and  be  peruerfe,  and  fay  thee  nay. 
So  thou  wilt  wooe:  But  elfe  not  for  the  world. 
In  truth  fa  ire  Mountague  I  am  too  fond : 
And  therefore  thou  maieft  thinke  my  hauiour*'*  light, 

100  But  truft  me  Gentleman,  He  proue  more  true. 
Then  thofe  that  haue  more  cunning  *  to  be  ftrange, 
I   fhould  haue  beene  more  ftrange,  I  muft  confeffe. 
But  that  thou  ouer  heard 'ft  ere  I  was  ware 
My  true  Loues  paffion,  therefore  pardon  me, 

105  And  not  impute  this  yeelding  to  light  Loue, 
Which  the  darke  night  hath  fo  difcouered. 

Rom.    Lady,  by  yonder  blef fed  ^  Moone  I  vow. 
That  tips  with  filuer  all  thefe  Fruite  tree  tops, 
lul.    O  fweare  not  by  the  Moone,  th'inconftant 

Moone, 

'  me  ow.  F,  me  Q.       "  laught.       •'  behauiour  F,  h.  Q. 
*  coying  F,  more  cunning  Q.  ""^  bleffed  om.  F.,  bl.  Q. 


From  Romeo  and  Juliet.  125 

ro:meo:.]  ij  tse:k  di  set  dij  word : 

ka:l  mi  but  luv,  rend  ijl  bi  niu  breptijzd;  50 

hensfur6  ij  never  wil  bi  ro:meo:. 

d5iuliet.]     duw   knoust  de  maesk  ov  nijt  iz  on  85 

mij  fseis, 
els  wu:ld  ae  m?eid,n  bluj  bipteint  mij  tji:k 
for  dret  hwitj  duw  haest  hccrd  mi  spe:k  tu-nijt. 
faein  wu:ld  ij  dwel  on  form,  fiein,  fiein  denij 
hwaet  ij  hctv  spo:k:  but  fieirwel  kompliment! 
dust  duw  luv  mi;?  ij  kno:  duw  wilt  saei  "ij,"  90 

aend  ij  wil  taeik  dij  wor  ' :  jit,  if  duw  swe:rst 
duw  maeist  pru:v  fails;  aet  luverz  perd;iuriz, 
daei  sgei,  d;o:v  laefs.     o:  d5ent,]  ro:meo:, 
if  duw  dust  luv,  pronuwns  it  faciefuli : 
or  if  duw  0ii)kst  ij  ;cm  tu:  kwikli  wun,  96 

ijl  fruwn  rend  bi  pervers  rend  srei  di  nrei, 
so  duw  wilt  wu: ;  but  els,  not  for  de  world, 
in  triu6,  freir  muwntre-yiu,  ij  rem  tu:  fond, 
rend  de:rfo:r  duw  mre-ist  eii)k  mij  hre-ivior  lijt: 
but  trust  mi:,  d5ent,l  mre^n,  ijl  pru:v  mo:r  triu         100 
den  do:z  dre^t  hre':v  mo:r  kunii)  tu  bi  strre-nd;. 
ij  Juild  hrev  bi:n  mo:r  strrendz,  ij  must  konfes, 
but  dret  duw  overhre*rdst,  e:r  ij  wre-z  wre*:r, 
mij  triu  luvz  presTon :  de:rfo:r  pre-rdon  mi:, 
re-nd  not  impiut  dis  ji:ldii)  tu  lijt  luv,  105 

hwitJ  de  drerk  nijt  hre^e  so:  diskuvered. 

ro:meo:.]    lre-:di,  bij  jonder  blesed  mu:n  ij  vuw 
dret  tips  wid  silver  a:l  de:z  friut-tri:  tops — 

d;iulTct.]    o:,  swe:r  not  bij  dc  mu:n,  dinkonstre-nt 

mu:n. 


126  From  Romeo  and  Juliet. 

110  That  monethl}'  changes  in  her  circled  Orbe, 
Leaft  that  th}^  Loue  proue  hkewife  variable. 
Rom.     What  fhall  I  fweare  by? 
lul.  Do  not  fweare  at  all: 

Or  if  thou  wilt  fweare  by  thy  gratious  felfe, 
Which  is  the  God  of  m)^  Idolatry, 
115  And  He  beleeue  thee. 

Rom.  If  my  hearts  deare  loue. 

Itdi.   Well  do  not  fweare,  although  I  ioy  in  thee : 
I  haue  no  ioy  of  this  contract  to  night, 
It  is  too  rafh,  too  vnaduif'd.  too  fudden, 
Too  like  the  lightning  which  doth  ceafe  to  be 
120 Ere  one  can  fay,  it  lightens,  Sweete  good  night: 
This  bud  of  Loue  by  Summers  ripening  breath, 
May  proue  a  beautious  Flower  when  next  we  meete : 
Goodnight,  goodnight,  as  fweete  repofe  and  reft, 
Come  to  thy  heart,  as  that  within  my  breft. 
125  Rom.     O  wilt  thou  leaue  me  fo  vnfatisfied? 

lull.     What   fatisfaction   can'ft   thou   haue   to 

night? 
Ro.     Th'exchange  of  thy  Loues  faithfuU  vow 

for  mine. 
lul.      I    gaue    thee    mine    before    thou    did 'ft 

requeft  it: 
And  yet  I  would  it  were  to  giue  againe. 
130       Rom.     Would'ft  thou  withdraw  it?     For  what 

purpofe  Loue?^ 
lul.    But  to  be  franke  and  giue  it  thee  againe, 
And  yet  1  wifh  but  for  the  thing  I  haue, 
My  bounty  is  as  boundleffe  as  the  Sea, 
My  Loue  as  deepe,  the  more  I  giue  to  thee 
135  The  more  I  haue,  for  both  are  Infinite. 

*  * 

^  For  .  .  .  Loue?  a  separate  line. 


From  Romeo  and  Juliet.  127 

dset  munBli  tjaend;ez  in  her  sirkled  orb,  no 

lest  dset  dij  luv  pru:v  lijkwijz  V3e:rTgeb,l.  ^ 

roimeo:.]     hwaet  Jjd  ij  sweir  bij? 

d^iuliet.]  du  not  swe:r  aet  a:l; 

or,  if  duw  wilt,  sweir  bij  dij  grae:sTus  self, 
hwitj  iz  de  god  ov  mij  ijdolaetri, 
aend  ijl  biliiv  dii.  115 

roimeo:.]  if  mij  hgerts  deir  luv — 

d5iulTet.]    wel,  du  not  swe:r  aildou  ij  d;oi  in  dii, 
ij  hae:v  no  d;oi  ov  dis  kontraekt  tu-nijt: 
it  iz  tu:  raej,  tu:  unacdvijzd,  tu:  sudaein ;  ^ 
tu:  lijk  de  lijtnii],  hwitJ  du9  se:s  tu  bi: 
eir  o:n  kaen  saei  "it  lijt,nz."     swi:t,  gud  nijt !  120 

dis  bud.  ov  luv,  bij  sumerz  rijpnii)  bre(:)0, 
maei  pruiv  ae  beutius  fluwr  hwen  nekst  wi  miit. 
gud  nijt,  gud  nijt !  aez  swi:t  repo:z  aend  rest 
kum  tu  dij  haert  aez  daet  widin  mij  brest! 

ro:meo:.]     o:,  wilt  duw  leiv  mi  so:  unsaetisfijd  ?  126 

dgiulTet.]     hwaet  sietisfcuksTon  kaenst  duw  hae:v 

tu-nijt  ? 

ro:meo:.]    dekstjacnd;  ov  dij  luvz  faeieful  vuw 

for  mijn. 

d;iulTet.]     ij    gae:v    di    mijn    bifo:r    duw    didst 

rekwest  it : 
aend  jit  ij  wu:ld  it  we(:)r  tu  giv  aegaein. 

ro:meo:.]     wu:ldst   duw  wiedra:  if?    for  hwaet  lao 

purpos,  luv? 

d;iulTet.]    but  tu  bi  frx'r]k,  iend  giv  it  di  iugaein. 
aend  jit  ij  wij  but  for  de  eir)  ij  hLe:v: 
mij  buwnti  iz  tuz  buwndles  aez  de  se:, 
mij  luv  x:z  di:p;  de  mo:r  ij  giv  tu  di:, 
de  mo:r  ij  h2e:v,  for  bo:0  a-r  infinit.  186 

* 
'  Or  vaeri£eb(,)l.  -  sud,n. 


128  From  Julius  C^sar. 


Act  V.     Scene  i. 


If  I  may  truft  the  flattering  truth  of  fleepe, 
My  dreames  prefage  fome  ioyfull  news  at  hand: 
My  bofomes  Lord  ^  fits  lightly  in  his  throne : 
And  all  this  day  an  vnaccultom'd  -  fpirit, 
5  Lifts  me  aboue  the  ground  with  cheerefull  thoughts. 
I  dreamt  my  Lady  came  and  found  me  dead, 
(Strange  dreamethatgiues  a  dead  man  leauetothinke,) 
And  breath 'd  fuch  life  with  kiffes  in  my  lips, 
That  I  reuiu'd  and  was  an  Emperour. 
10  Ah  me,  how  fweet  is  loue  it  felfe  poffeft, 
When  but  loues  fhadowes  are  fo  rich  in  ioy. 


From  Julius  C^sar. 

Act  III.     Scene  ii. 

Bru.  Romans,  Countrey-men,  and  Louers,  heare 
mee  for  my  caufe,  and  be  filent,  that  you  may  heare. 

isBeleeue  me  for  mine  Honor,  and  haue  refpect  to 
mine  Honor,  that  you  may  beleeue.  Cenfure  me 
in  your  Wiledom,  and  awake  your  Senfes,  that  you 
may  the  better  fudge.  If  there  bee  any  in  this 
Affembly,    any   deere  Friend  of  Ccefars,   to  him  I 

20  fay,  that  Brutus  loue  to  Cccfar,  was  no  leffe  then 
his.  If  then,  that  Friend  demand,  why  Brutus 
rofe  againft  Ccsfar,  this  is  my  anfwer:  Not  that  I 
lou'd  Ccefar  leffe,  but  that  I  lou'd  Rome  more.  Had 
you  rather  Ccefar  were  liuing,  and  dye  all  Slaues ; 

'  L.  -  thisan  day  an  vccuftom'd. 


From  Julius  C^sar.  129 

Act  V.     Scene  i. 

if  ij  msei  trust  de  flget(e)rii)  triuG  ov  sli;p, 

mij  dreiinz  presaeid:^  sum  d5oiful  niuz  set  haend: 

mij  bu:zomz  lord  sits  lijtli  in  hiz  eroin- 

gend  ail  dis  dgei  aen  unaekustomd  spirit 

lifts  mi  aebuv  de  gruwnd  wid  tjeirful  0outs.  5 

ij  dremt  mij  Isidi  kaeim  nend  fuwnd  mi  ded — 

strsend;  dre:m,  daet  cjivz  x  ded  maen  le:v  tu  eigk ! — 

send  breidd  sutj  lijf  wid  kisez  in  mij  lips, 

dset  ij  revijvd,  send  wsez  sen  emperor. 

seh  mi:!  huw  swi:t  iz  luv  itself  pozest,  10 

hwen  but  luvz  Jsedouz  ler  so  ritj  in  d5oi ! 


From  Julius  C^sar. 

Act  III.     Scene  ii. 

briutus.]  roimscnz,  kuntrimen,  lund  luverz!  heir 
mi  for  mij  kaiz,  icnd  bi:  sijlent,  dcut  iu  mici  heir: 
biliiv  mi  for  mijn  onor,  lend  hseiv  respekt  tuis 
mijn  onor,  dset  iu  mici  biliiv:  sensiur  mi  in  iur 
wizdum,  icnd  ccwseik  iur  sensez,  dset  iu  msei 
de  betcr  d5ud5.  if  der  bii  ^eni  in  dis  sesembli, 
itni  deir  frend  ov  seiza-rz,  tu  him  ij  ssci,  dset 
briutus  luv  tu  seizser  Wicz  no  les  den  hiz.  ^  if  20 
den  dset  frend  demccnd  hwij  briutus  roiz  icgseinst 
seizser,  dis  iz  mij  lunswer: — not  dift  ij  luvd  sei- 
zser les,  but  dcut  ij  luvd  ruim  moir.  hxd  iu 
riuder     seizicr     wc(i)r    livii]    ;cnd    dij    ail    slseivz, 

'  Oa'  his. 

Victor,  Shakespeare'*  Pronunciation.     11.  9 


130  From  Julius  C^sar. 

25 then  that  Ccrfar  were  dead,  to  liue  all  Free-men? 
As  Ccrfar  lou'd  mee,  I  weepe  for  him-,  as  he 
was  Fortunate,  I  reioyce  at  it;  as  he  was  Valiant, 
I  honour  him :  But,  as  he  was  Ambitious,  I  flew 
him.      There   is   Teares ,    for    his  Loue :    loy ,    for 

80 his  Fortune:  Honor,  for  his  Valour:  and  Death, 
for  his  Ambition.  Who  is  heere  fo  bafe,  that  would 
be  a  Bondman  ?  If  any,  fpeak,  for  him  haue  I  offended. 
Who  is  heere  fo  rude,  that  would  not  be  a  Roman? 

85  If  any,  fpeak,  for  him  haue  I  offended.  Who  is  heere 
fo  vile,  that  will  not  loue  his  Countrey?  If  any, 
fpeake,  for  him  haue  I  offended.   I  paufe  for  a  Reply. 

An.     Friends,    Romans,   Countrymen,  lend  me 

3'our  ears: 
I  come  to  bury  Ccefar,  not  to  praife  him: 

80  The  euill  that  men  do,  Hues  after  them, 
The  good  is  oft  enterred  with  their  bones. 
So  let  it  be  with  Ccefar.     The  Noble  Brutus, 
Hath  told  you  Ccefar  was  Ambitious: 
If  it  were  fo,  it  was  a  greeuous  Fault, 

85  And  greeuoufly  hath  Ccefar  anfwer'd  it. 
Heere,  vnder  leaue  of  Brutus^  and  the  reft 
(For  Brutus  is  an  Honourable  man, 
So  are  they  all;  all  Honourable  men) 
Come  I  to  fpeake  in  Ccefars  Funerall. 
9  0 He  was  my  Friend,  faithfull,  and  iuft  to  me; 
But  Brutus  fayes,  he  was  Ambitious, 
And  Brutus  is  an  Honourable  man. 
He  hath  brought  many  Captiues  home  to  Rome, 
Whofe  Ranfomes,  did  the  generall  Coffers  fill: 

95  Did  this  in  Ccefar  feeme  Ambitious  ? 
When  that  the  poore  haue  cry'de,  Ccefar  hath  wept: 


From  Julius  Caesar.  131 

den  dget  seizser  we(:)r  ded,  tu  liv  ail  fri:  men?  aez  sei-25 
zser  luvd  nii:^  ij  wiip  for  him;  sez  hi  wsez  fortiunaeit,  ij 
red;ois   aet   it;    sez    hi   waez  vielTsent,    ij  onor  him; 
but,  aez  hi  wsez  aembisTus,  ij  sliu  him.    der  iz  teirz 
for    hiz    luv;    d5oi    for    hiz    fortiun;    onor    for   hiz 
vselor;  aend  de(i}6  for  hiz  cCmbisTon.    hwu:  iz  heirao 
so  baeis  dast  wu:ld  bi  vc  bondm<3en'?    if  aeni,  speik; 
for  him  haev  ij  ofended.     hwu:  iz  heir  so  riud  daet 
wuild    not    bi    le    roim^cn?     if  aeni,    speik;  for  him 
haev   ij  ofended.     hwu:  iz  he:r  so  vijl  daet  wil  not  35 
luv  hiz  kuntri?  if  aeni,  spe:k;  for  him  hsev  ij  ofend- 
ed.    ij  pa:z  for  ae  replij. 

aentoni.]     frendz,  ro:masnz,  kuntrimen,  lend  mi 

iur  e:rz; 
ij  kum  tu  beri  se:zaer,  not  tu  praeiz  him. 
de  i:vil  daet  men  du:  livz  asfter  dem;  so 

de  gud  iz  oft  intered  wid  daeir  bo:nz; 
so  let  it    bi:  wi  se:zaer.     de  no:b,l  briutus 
hae9  tould  iu  se:zaer  waez  asmbisi-us: 
if  it  we:r  so:,  it  waez  se  gri:vus  fa:lt, 
aend  gri:vusli  hae6  se:zaer  aenswerd  it.  35 

he:r,  under  le:v  ov  briutus  lend  de  rest — 
for  briutus  iz  aen  onor^eb,!  maen; 
so  aer  daei  a:l,  a:l  onoraeb,!  men — 
kum  ij  tu  spe:k  in  se:zajrz  fiunerael. 
hi  WiL'Z  mij  frend,  faeioful  lend  d;ust  tu  mi: :  90 

but  briutus  Sit-iz  hi  wa.'Z  lembisi-us ; 
•ccnd  briutus  iz  aen  ononeb,!  micn. 
hi  hae9  brout  maeni  kxptivz  ho:m  tu  ru:m, 
hwu:z  rccnsomz  did  de  d;en(ejncl  koferz  fil: 
did  dis  in  se:za'r  si:m  ;embisi-us?  95 

hwen  daet  de  pu:r  ha-v  krijd,  se:zaer  hae6  wept: 

9* 


132  From  Julius  C^sar. 

Ambition  fhould  be  made  of  fterner  ftuffe, 

Yet  Brutus  fayes,  he  was  Ambitious : 

And  Brutus  is  an  Honourable  man. 
100  You  all  did  fee,  that  on  the  Lupercall, 

I  thrice  prefented  him  a  Kingly  Crowne, 

Which  he  did  thrice  refufe.     Was  this  Ambition? 

Yet  Brutus  layes,  he  was  Ambitious: 

And  fure  he  is  an  Honourable  man. 
105 1  fpeake  not  to  difprooue  what  Brutus  Ipoke, 

But  heere  I  am,  to  fpeake  what  I  do  know; 

You  all  did  loue  him  once,  not  without  caufe, 

What  caufe  with-holds  you  then,  to  mourne  for  him  ? 

O  ludgement !  thou  art  ^  fled  to  brutifh  Beafts, 
no  And  Men  haue  loft  their  Reafon.    Beare  with  me, 

My  heart  is  in  the  Coffin  there  with  Cajar, 

And  I  muft  pawfe,  till  it  come  backe  to  me. 

But  yefterday,  the  word  of  Ccefcir  might 
Haue  ftood  again  ft  the  World :  Now  lies  he  there, 
125  And  none  fo  poore  to  do  him  reuerence. 

0  Maifters!     If  I  were  difpos'd  to  ftirre 
Your  hearts  and  mindes  to  Mutiny  and  Rage, 

1  fhould  do  Brutus  wrong,  and  Caffius  wrong: 
Who  (you  all  know)  are  Honourable  men. 

130 1  will  not  do  them  wrong:  I  rather  choofe 

To  wrong  the  dead,  to  wrong  my  felfe  and  you, 
Then  I  will  wrong  fuch  Honourable  men. 
But  heere's  a  Parchment,  with  the  Scale  of  Ccefar, 
I  found  it  in  his  Cloffet,  'tis  his  Will: 

135  Let  but  the  Commons  heare  this  Teftament : 
Which  (pardon  me)  -  I  do  not  meane  to  reade, 

'  are.  -  (Which  pardon  me). 


From  Julius  C-esar.  133 

aembisTon  Ju:ld  bi  inxid  ov  sterner  stuf: 

jit  briutus  sseiz  hi  waez  tembisi-us; 

gend  briutus  iz  sen  onoraeb,!  msen. 

iu  a:l  did  si:  daet  on  de  liuperkiel  loo 

ij  erijs  prezented  him  ae  kir]h  kruwn, 

hwitj  hi  did  Srijs  refiuz:  wsez  dis  aembisTon? 

jit  briutus  saeiz  hi  wxz  tembisi-us; 

aend,  siur,  hi  iz  aen  onor?eb,l  maen. 

ij  speik  not  tu  dispruiv  hwaet  briutus  spo:k,  105 

but  he;r  ij  aem  tu  spe:k  hwaet  ij  du  kno:. 

iu  a:l  did  luv  him  o:ns,  not  widuwt  ka:z: 

hwaet  ka:z  wiOhouldz  iu  den,  tu  murn  for  him? 

o:  dzud;ment!  duw  lurt  fled  tu  briutij  beists, 

send  men  h^ev  lost  daeir  reiz,n.     be:r  wid  mil  5         no 

mij  hi^ert  iz  in  de  kofin  de:r  wid  seizser, 

send  ij  must  pa:z  til  it  kum  baek  tu  mi:. 

but  jesterdaei  de  word  ov  seizasr  mijt 

haev  stu(:)d  aegaeinst  de  world:  nuw  lijz  hi  de:r, 

aend  no:n  so  pu:r  tu  du:  him  reverens.  125 

o:  maesterz,  if  ij  we(:)r  dispo:zd  tu  stur 

iur  hecrts  cx,'nd  mijndz  tu  miutini  aend  nxiidz,, 

ij  Ju:ld  du:  briutus  wroi],  aend  kaesTus  wroij, 

hwu:,  iu  a:l  kno:,  xr  ononcb,!  men. 

ij  wil  not  du:  dem  wroi) ;  ij  raeder  tju:z  130 

tu  wroi]  de  ded,  tu  wroi)  mijself  aend  iu, 

den  ij  wil  wroij  sutj  onorceb,l  men. 

but  he:rz  ae  paertjment  wid  de  se:l  ov  se:zaer; 

ij  fuwnd  it  in  hiz  klozct,  tiz  hiz  wil: 

let  but  de  komonz  he:r  dis  testiement —  135 

hwitJ,  pierdon  mi:,  ij  du  not  me:n  tu  rc:d — 


134  From  Julius  Cesar. 

And  they  would  go  and  kiffe  dead  Ccefars  wounds, 
And  dip  their  Napkins  in  his  Sacred  Blood; 
Yea,  begge  a  haire  of  him  for  Memor)^, 
140  And  dying,  mention  it  within  their  Willes, 
Bequeathing  it  as  a  rich  Legacie 
Vnto  their  iffue. 

usHaue  patience  gentle  Friends,    I  must  not  read  it. 
It  is  not  meete  you  know  how  Ccpfar  lou'd  you: 
You  are  not  Wood,  you  are  not  Stones,  but  men : 
And  being  men,  hearing  the  Will  of  Ccefar, 
It  will  inflame  you,  it  will  make  you  mad; 

150  'Tis  good  you  know  not  that  you  are  his  Heires, 
For  if  you  fhould,  O  what  would  come  of  it? 

Will  you  be  Patient?     Will  you  ftay  a-while? 
155 1  haue  o're-fhot  my  felfe  to  tell  you  of  it, 
I  feare  I  wrong  the  Honourable  men. 
Whole  Daggers  haue  ftabb'd  Ccefar :  I  do  feare  it. 

You  will  compell  me  then  to  read  the  Will : 
Then  make  a  Ring  about  the  Corpes  of  Ccefar, 
And  let  me  fhew  you  him  that  made  the  Will : 
Shall  I  defcend?     And  will  3^ou  giue  me  leaue? 

If  you  haue  teares,  prepare  to  Ihed  them  now. 

You  all  do  know  this  Mantle,  I  remember 
17  5  The  firft  time  euer  Ccefar  put  it  on, 

'Twas  on  a  Summers  Euening  in  his  Tent, 

That  day  he  ouercame  the  Nervij. 

Looke,  in  this  place  ran  Caffius  Dagger  through : 

See  what  a  rent  the  enuious  Caska  made: 
ISO  Through  this,  the  wel-beloued  Brutus  ftabb'd, 


From  Julius  C^sar.  135 

aend  dsci  wu:ld  go:  ccnd  kis  ded  seizserz  wuwndz 

aend  dip  dseir  naepkinz  in  hiz  saeikred  blud, 

je:,  beg  x  haeir  ov  him  for  memori, 

aend,  dijii),  mensTon  it  widin  dxir  wilz,  uo 

bikweidig  it  aez  as  ritj  legaesi 

untu  daeir  isiu. 

hce;v  paeisTens,  d;ent,l  frendz,  ij  must  not  re:d  it;   145 

it  iz  not  milt  iu  kno:  huw  se:zaer  luvd  iu. 

iu  aer  not  wud,  iu  ter  not  stoinz,  but  men; 

aend  bi:ii]  men,  heiriij  de  wil  ov  se;zaer, 

it  wil  inflaeim  iu,  it  wil  mieik  iu  maed: 

tiz  gud  iu  kno:  not  daet  iu  aer  hiz  hteirz;  150 

for  if  iu  Ju:ld,  o:,  hweet  wu:Id  kum  ov  it ! 

wil  iu  bi  pLe:sTent  ?  wil  iu  staei  aehwijl "? 

ij  haev  oirjot  mijself  tu  tel  iu  ov  it:  155 

ij  fe:r  ij  wroi]  de  ononeb,l  men 

hwu:z  dcegerz  hicv  staebd  se:zier;  ij  du  fe:r  it. 

iu  wil  kompel  mi,  den,  tu  re:d  de  wil? 
den  mae:k  ae  rir)  aebuwt  de  korps  ov  seizaer, 
aend  let  mi  Jo:  iu  him  daet  mae:d  de  wil. 
Jael  ij  desend?  aend  wil  iu  giv  mi  le:v? 

if  iu  haev  te:rz,  prepae:r  tu  Jed  dem  nuw. 

iu  a:l  du  kno:  dis  maent.l,  ij  remember 

de  first  tijm  ever  se:zccr  put  it  on  175 

twaez  on  ic  sumerz  i:vniii,  in  hiz  tent, 

dK;t  daei  hi  overka:;m  de  nervi-ij: 

lu:k,  in  dis  plce:s  raen  kaesTus  dccger  Gru: : 

si:  hwtet  cE  rent  de  envTus  kieskae  mae:d: 

eru:  dis  de  wel-biluved  briutus  stiebd;  iso 


136  From  Julius  C/Esar. 

And  as  he  pluck'd  his  curfed  Steele  away: 
Marke  how  the  blood  of  Cccfar  followed  it, 
As  rufhing  out  of  doores,  to  be  refolu'd 
If  Brtitiis  fo  vnkindely  knock'd,  or  no: 

185  For  Brtitus,  as  you  know,  was  Ccefars  Angel, 
fudge,  O  you  Gods,  how  deerely  Ccefar  lou'd  him : 
This  was  the  moft  vnkindcft  cut  of  all. 
For  when  the  Noble  Ccefar  faw  him  ftab, 
Ingratitude,  more  ftrong  then  Traitors  armes, 

lyo Quite  vanquifh'd  him:  then  burft  his  Mighty  heart, 
And  in  his  Mantle,  muffling  vp  his  face, 
Euen  at  the  Bafe  of  Pompeyes  Statue 
(Which  all  the  while  ran  blood)  great  Ccefai'  fell. 
O  what  a  fall  was  there,  my  Countrymen? 

195  Then  I,  and  you,  and  all  of  vs  fell  downe. 
Whip  ft  bloody  Treafon  flourifh'd  ouer  vs. 

0  now  you  weepe,  and  I  perceiue  you  feele 
The  dint  of  pitty:  Thefe  are  gracious  droppes. 
Kinde  Soules,  what  weepe  you,  when  you  but  behold 

200  Our  Ccefars  Vefture  wounded  ?    Looke  you  heere, 
Heere  is  Himfelfe,  marr'd  as  you  fee  with  Traitors. 

Good  Friends,  fweet  Friends,  let  me  not  ftirre  you  vp 

215  To  fuch  a  fodaine  Flood  of  Mutiny: 

They  that  haue  done  this  Deede,  are  honourable. 
What  priuate  greefes  they  haue,  alas  I  know  not. 
That  made  them  do  it :  They  are  Wife,  and  Honourable, 
And  will  no  doubt  with  Reafons  anfwer  you. 

220 1  come  not  (Friends)  to  fteale  away  your  hearts, 

1  am  no  Orator,  as  Brutus  is; 


From  Julius  C^sar.  137 

asnd  xz  hi  plukt  hiz  kursed  sti;l  aewaei, 

maerk  huw  de  blud  ov  seizger  foloud  it, 

aez  rujii)  uwt  ov  do;rz,  tu  bi  rezolvd 

if  briutus  so  unkijndli  knokt,  or  no:; 

for  briutus,  aez  iu  kno:,  weez  seizaerz  aend5,l :  iss 

d;ud5,  o:  iu  godz,  huw  deirli  seizasr  luvd  him! 

(lis  waez  de  moist  unkijndest  kut  ov  a;l; 

for  hwen  de  no:b,I  se:zaer  sa:  him  staeb, 

ingrsetitiud,  mo:r  stroi)  den  tneitorz  oermz, 

kwijt  vgeijkwijt  him:  den  burst  hiz  mijti  haert;        it.o 

gend,  in  hiz  mit^ntj  mufliij  up  hiz  fae:s, 

i:vn  get  de  bseis  ov  pompiciz  sti^ctiue,  ^ 

hwitj  a:l  de  hwijl  nen  blud,  gre:t  seizasr  fel. 

o:,  hwget  se  fa:l  wgez  de:r,  mij  kuntrimen! 

den  ij,  ^end  iu,  send  a:l  ov  us  fel  duwn,  i»5 

hwijl  St  bludi  treiz.n  flurijt  over  us. 

or,  nuw  iu  wi:p;  tend,  ij  perseiv,  iu  fi:l 

de  dint  ov  piti:  de:z  aer  graeisTus  drops. 

kijnd  soulz,  hwaet,  wiip  iu  hwen  iu  but  bihould 

uwr  seizaerz  vestiur  wuwndedV  luik  iu  heir,  200 

he:r  iz  himself,  micrd,  xz  iu  sii,  wid  trteitorz. 

gud  frendz,  swiit  frendz,  let  mi  not  stur  iu  up 

tu  sutj  vc  sudaein  flud  ov  miutini.  215 

daci  dcCt  haev  dun  dis  diid  aer  onoraeb,l : 

hwitt  prijviL'it  griifs  dcci  haeiv,  aekus,  ij  knoi  not, 

daet  m;c:d  dem  dui(i)t:  dici  (ae)r  wijz  lend  onoraeb,!, 

send  wil,  no  duwt,  wid  reiz,nz  iunswer  iu. 

ij  kum  not,  frendz,  tu  steil  iuwcci  iur  hicrts:  220 

ij  aem  no  oraetor,  cuz  briutus  iz; 

'  Or  statyio;  ''statue"  being  treated  as  a  F.  word. 
Or  else  steetiucc,  i.  e.  '■'statiia;'  the  L.  form. 


138  From  Macdeth. 

But  (as  you  know  me  all)  a  plaine  blunt  man 
That  loue  m}'  Friend,  and  that  they  know  full  well, 
That  gaue  me  publike  leaue  to  [peake  of  him: 

225 For  I  haue  neyther  wit,  nor*  words,  nor  worth, 
Action,  nor  Vtterance,  nor  the  power  of  Speech, 
To  ftirre  mens  Blood.     T  onely  [peake  right  on: 
I  tell  you  that,  wliich  you  your  lelues  do  know, 
Shew  you   fweet  Ccejars  wounds,    poor   poor  dum 

mouths, 

230  And  bid  them  Ipeake  for  me :  But  were  I  Brutus, 
And  Brutus  Antony,  there  were  an  Antony 
Would  ruffle  vp  your  Spirits,  and  put  a  Tongue 
In  euery  Wound  of  Ccpfar,  that  fhould  moue 
The  Itones  of  Rome,  to  rife  and  Mutiny. 


From  Macbeth. 

Act  I.     Scene  hi. 

Thunder.    Enter  the  three  Witches. 

1.  Where  haft  thou  beene,  Sifter? 

2.  Killing  Swine. 

3.  Sifter,  where  thou? 

1.    A  Saylors  Wife  had  Cheftnuts  in  her  Lappe, 
5  And    mouncht,    and  mouncht,    and  mouncht:    Giue 

me,  quoth  I.  ^ 
Aroynt  thee,  Witch,  the  rumpe-fed  Ronyon  cryes. 
Her  Husband's  to  Aleppo  gone,  Mafter  o'ih' Tiger' 
But  in  a  Syue  He  thither  fayle, 

'  writ  nor.  ^  Giue  me,  quoth  I  a  separate  line. 


From  Macbeth.  139 

but,  aez  iu  kno;  mi  a;l,  a^  plaein  blunt  niccn, 
dait  luv  mij  frend;  aend  &xt  daei  kno:  ful  wel 
dset  gseiv  mi  publik  le.v  tu  speik  ov  him: 
for  ij  haev  neider  wit,  nor  wordz,  nor  wur0,  225 

seksTon,  nor  ut(e)r3ens,  nor  de  puwr  ov  spe:tj, 
tu  stur  menz  blud :  ij  o:nli  spe:k  rijt  on ; 
ij  tel  iu  daet  hwitj  iu  iurselvz  da  kno: ; 
Jo;  iu  swiit  se:z3erz  wuwndz,  pu;r  pu:r  dum 

muwdz, 
tend  bid  dem  spe:k  for  mi; :  but  we(:)r  ij  briutus,   230 
send  briutus  ecntoni,  der  we(:)r  xn  yentoni 
wu:ld  ruf,l  up  iur  spir(i)ts  send  put  ai  tuij 
in  ev(e)ri  wuwnd  ov  se;zger  diet  Ju;ld  mu:v 
de  sto;nz  ov  ru;m  tu  rijz  aend  miutini. 


From  Macbeth. 

Act  I.     Scene  hi. 

[Bunder,     enter  de  eri:  witjez.] 

first  witj.]     hwe:r  ha.'St  duw  bi;n,  sister? 

sekond  witJ.]     kilii]  swijn. 

eird  witJ.]     sister,  hwe:r  duw? 

first witJ.J  ic  sieilorz wijf  hic-d  tjes(t)nutsinherlaep 
send  muwntjt,  a.nd  muwntjt,   a;nd  muwntjt: — "giv 

mi:,"  kwo9  ij. 
"aeroint  di:,  witjl"  de  rump-fed  runTon  krijz. 
her  huzb;undz  lu  lelcpo:  fjo;n,  micster  od  tijcjer: 
but  in  ic  siv  ijl  deder  sx-il. 


140  From  Macbeth. 

And  like  a  Rat  without  a  tayle, 
10  He  doe,  He  doe,  and  He  doe. 

2.  He  giue  thee  a  Winde. 
1.    Th'art  kinde. 

3.  And  I  another. 

1.  I  my  lelfe  haue  all  the  other, 
15  And  the  very  Ports  they  blow. 

All  the  Quarters  that  they  know, 

I'th'  Ship-mans  Card. 

I  wiin  dreyne  him  drie  as  Ha}-: 

Sleepe  fhall  neyther  Night  nor  Day 
20  Hang  vpon  his  Pent-houfe  Lid : 

He  fhall  Hue  a  man  forbid : 

Wearie  Seu'nights,  nme  times  nine, 

Shall  he  dwindle,  peake,  and  pine: 

Though  his  Barke  cannot  be  loft, 
25  Yet  it  fhall  be  Tempeft-toft. 

Looke  what  I  haue. 

2.  Shew  me,  fhew  me. 

1.    Here  I  haue  a  Pilots  Thumbe, 
Wrackt,  as  homeward  he  did  come.    Drum  within. 
30  3.    A  Drumme,  a  Drumme: 

Macbeth  doth  come. 

All.     The  weyward  Sifters,  hand  in  hand, 
Pofters  of  the  Sea  and  Land, 
Thus  doe  goe,  about,  about, 
35  Thrice  to  thine,  and  thrice  to  mine. 
And  thrice  againe,  to  make  vp  nine. 
Peace,  the  Charme's  wound  vp. 


He. 


From  Macbeth.  141 

aend,  lijk  ae  rget  widuwt  a;  tseil, 

ijl  du:,  ijl  du:,  send  ijl  du:.  lo 

sekond  witj.]     ijl  cjiv  di  ae  wijnd. 

first  witJ.]     daert  kijnd. 

eird  wit  J.]     aend  ij  aenuder. 

first  witJ.]     ij  mijself  hae:v  a:l  de  uder, 
aend  de  veri  ports  dtei  bloi,  15 

a:l  de  kwaerterz  daet  daei  kno: 
id  Jipmaenz  kaerd. 
ij  wil  draein  him  drij  aez  haei: 
sliip  Jael  neider  nijt  nor  dici 

hasi]  upon  hiz  pent-huws  lid ;  20 

hi  Jael  liv  ae  main  forbid: 
we:ri  sevnijts  nijn  tijmz  nijn 
Jael  hi  dwind.l,  pe:k  aend  pijn: 
dou  hiz  baerk  kaenot  bi  lost, 

jit  it  Jael  bi  tempest-tost.  25 

lu:k  hwaet  ij  hae:v. 

sekond  witJ.]     Jo:  mi:,  Jo:  mi:. 

first  witJ.]     he:r  ij  hae:v  ae  pijlots  0um, 
■\vrekt  aez  ho:mwaerd  hi  did  kum.         [drum  widin. 

0ird  witJ.]     ;c  drum,  ;u  drum  !  30 

maekbe6  du6  kum. 

a:l.]     de  wa-iwaerd  sisterz,  haend  in  haend, 
po:sterz  ov  de  se:  aend  la.-nd, 
dus  du  go:  x-buwt,  aebuwt : 

erijs  tu  dijn  ccnd  6rijs  tu  mijn  35 

aend  9rijs  ii.fja.in,  tu  mxik  up  nijn. 
pe:s!    de  tjiermz  wuwnd  up. 


142  From  Macbeth. 

Act  I.     Scene  vii. 
Macb.     If  it  were  done,  when  'tis  done,  then 

'twer  well, 
It  were  done  quickly:  If  th'A[la[iination 
Could  trammell  vp  the  Conlequence,  and  catch 
With  his  furceale,  Succefle:  that  but  this  blow 
5  Might  be  the  be  all,  and  the  end  all :  Heere,  ^ 
But  heere,  vpon  this  Banke  and  Schoole  of  time, 
Wee'ld  iumpe  the  life  to  come.    But  in  thele  Cafes, 
We  itill  haue  iudgement  heere,  that  we  but  teach 
Bloody  Inftructions,  which  being  taught,  returne 

10  To  plague  th'Inuenter.     This  euen-handed  luftice 
Commends  th'Ingredience  of  our  poyfon'd  Challice 
To  our  owne  lips.     Hee's  heere  in  double  truft; 
Firft,  as  I  am  his  Kinfman,  and  his  Subiect, 
Strong  both  again  ft  the  Deed :  Then,  as  his  Hoft, 

15  Who  fhould  againft  his  Murtherer  fhut  the  doore, 
Not  beare  the  knife  my  felfe,    Befides,  this  Duncane 
Hath  borne  his  Faculties  fo  meeke;  hath  bin 
So  cleere  in  his  great  Office,  that  his  Vertues 
Will  pleade  like  Angels,  Trumpet-tongu'd  againft 

20 The  deepe  damnation  of  his  taking  off: 
And  Pitty,  like  a  naked  New-borne-Babe, 
Striding  the  blatt,  or  Heauens  Cherubin,  hors'd 
Vpon  the  fightleffe  Curriors  of  the  Ayre, 
Shall  blow  the  horrid  deed  in  euery  eye, 

25  That  teares  f hall  drowne  l'^?  winde.  I  haue  no  Spurre 
To  pricke  the  fides  of  my  intent,  but  onely 
Vaulting  Ambition,  which  ore-leapes  it  felfe, 
And  falles  on  th'other.    How  now?   What  Newes?  ^ 

1  end  all.     Heere,.  -  How  now?    What  Newes?  a 

separate  line. 


From  Macbeth.  143 

Act  I.     Scene  vii. 

maekbee.]    if  it  we(:)r  dun  hwen  tiz  dun,    den 

t\ve(:)r  wel 
it  we(i)r  dun  kwikli:  if  dcesgesinaeisTon 
ku:ld  trsm,l  up  de  konsekwens,  aend  kaetj 
wid  hiz  surse:s  sukses;  daet  but  dis  bio; 
mijt  bi  de  bi:-a:l  tend  de  end-a:l:  he:r,  5 

but  he:r,  upon  dis  bccgk  gend  sku:l  ov  tijm^ 
wiild  d;ump  de  lijf  tu  kum.     but  in  deiz  kaeisez 
wi  stil  hgev  d;ud5ment  heir;  daet  wi  but  te:tj 
bludi  instruksTonz,  hwitj,  bi:ii)  ta:t,  return 
tu  pl<e:g  dinventor:  dis  i:v,n-ha.mded  d^ustis  10 

komendz  dinrjreidTens  ov  uwr  poiz,nd  tjiclis 
tu  uwr  oun  lips,     hiiz  he:r  in  dub,l  trust; 
first,   iEz  ij  gem  hiz  kinzmten  aend  hiz  subdgekt, 
stror)  bo:0  gegaeinst  de  di;d;  den,  gez  hiz  hoist, 
hwu:  Ju:ld  aegseinst  hiz  murderer  Jut  de  do:r,  15 

not  beir  de  knijf  mijself.     bisijdz,  dis  duijka^n 
hgeO  born  hiz  f;Tckultiz  so  miik,  haeG  bi(i)n 
so  kleir  in  hiz  greit  ofis,  dget  hiz  vertiuz 
wil  pleid  lijk  gend^elz.  trumpet-tui^d,  gcgieinst 
de  di:p  daemngeisTon  ov  hiz  ta;ikir)-of ;  20 

itnd  piti,  lijk  ae  ntijiked  niu-born  bxib, 
strijdiT)  de  blaest,  or  he(i)v,nz  tjeriubin,  horst 
upon  tie  sijtles  kurTorz  ^  ov  de  seir, 
Jed  bloi  de  horid  diid  in  ev(e)ri  ij, 
diet  teirz  Jiel  druwn  de  wijnd.     ij  h'tCiv  no  spur      25 
tu  prik  de  sijdz  ov  mij  intent,  but  o:nli 
vailtii]  a;mbisTon.   hvvitj  o:rleips  itself 
a;nd  fa:lz  on  duder. — huvv  nuw!     hwict  niuz? 

'  kurierz. 


144  From  Macbeth. 

La.     He  has  almoft  fupt:   why  haue  you  left 

the  chamber? 
80         Mac.     Hath  he  ask'd  for  me? 

La.  Know  you  not,  he  ha's? 

Mac.      We    will    proceed    no    further   in   this 

Bulineffe : 
He  hath  Honour' d  me  of  late,  and  I  haue  bought 
Golden  Opinions  from  all  forts  of  people, 
Which  would  be  worne  now  in  their  neweft  gloffe, 
35  Not  caft  afide  fo  foone. 

La.  Was  the  hope  drunke, 

Wherein  you  dreft  your  felfe  ?    Hath  it  flept  lince  ? 
And  wakes  it  now  to  looke  fo  greene,  and  pale, 
At  what  it  did  fo  freely?     From  this  time, 
Such  I  account  thy  loue.     Art  thou  affear'd 
40  To  be  the  fame  in  thine  owne  Act,  and  Valour, 
As  thou  art  in  defire?     Would'ft  thou  haue  that 
Which  thou  efteem'ft  the  Ornament  of  Life, 
And  Hue  a  Coward  in  thine  owne  Efteeme? 
Letting  I  dare  not,  wait  vpon  I  would, 
45  Like  the  poore  Cat  i'th'Addage. 

Macb.  Prythee  peace: 

I  dare  do  all  that  may  become  a  man, 
Who  dares  do  ^  more,  is  none. 


Act  II.     Scene  i. 

Is  this  a  Dagger,  which  I  fee  before  me. 
The  Handle    toward    my   Hand?      Come,    let   me 

clutch  thee: 
35 1  haue  thee  not,  and  yet  I  fee  thee  ftill. 

^  no. 


From  Macbeth.  145 

Igeidi.]    hi  hsez  ^  a:lmo:st  supt:  hwij  hoev  iu  left 

de  tjaember? 
msekbee].     haee  hi  leskt  for  mil?  so 

l£e:di.]  kno:  iu  not  hi  hsez? 

mgekbee.]    wi  wil  prosi:d  no  furder  in  dis  biznes : 

hi  hsee-  onord  mi:  ov  Igeit,  send  ij  hgev  bout 

gould,n  opinTonz  from  a:l  sorts  ov  pi:p,l, 

hwitj  wu:ld  bi  worn  nuw  in  daeir  niuest  glos, 

not  kgest  sesijd  so  su:n.  85 

l^:di.]  waez  de  ho:p  drugk 

hwe:rin  iu  drest  iurself?     haeO  it  slept  sins? 
send  W3e:ks  it  nuw,  tu  lu:k  so  grim  send  pse;] 
get  hwset  it  did  so  fri:li?     from  dis  tijm 
sutj  ij  3£kuwnt  dij  luv.     fcrt  duw  aefeird 
tu  bi  de  sae:m  in  dijn  oun  gekt  send  vselor  4o 

sez  duw  sert  in  dezijr?     wuildst  duw  hgeiv  daet 
hwitJ  duw  estiimst  de  ornaement  ov  lijf, 
send  liv  ae  kuwgerd  in  dijn  oun  esti:m, 
letig  "ij  dae:r  not"  wseit  upon  "ij  wu:ld," 
lijk  de  pu:r  keet  id  ?ed?e(:)d5?  45 

mtckbee.]  pridi:,  pe:s: 

ij  dctir  du;  a:l  dset  m<ei  bikum  se  msen: 
hwu:  dseirz  du;  mo:r  iz  nom. 


Act  II.     Scene  i. 
iz  dis  se  daeger  hwitJ  ij  si:  bifo:r  mi:, 
de  hsend,!  to:rd  mij  hsend?     kum,  let  mi  klutj  di:. 


ij  hge:v  di:  not,  and  jit  ij  si:  di:  stil. 

'  hi:z.  -  hi:0. 

Victor ,  Shakespeare's  Pronunciation.     JI.  10 


36 


146  From  Macbeth. 

Art  thou  not  fatall  Vifion,  fenfible 
To  feeling,  as  to  fight?     or  art  thou  but 
A  Dagger  of  the  Minde,  a  falfe  Creation, 
Proceeding  from  the  heat-oppreffed  Braine? 

40 1  fee  thee  yet,  in  forme  as  palpable, 
As  this  which  now  I  draw. 
Thou  marfhaU'ft  me  the  way  that  I  was  going, 
And  fuch  an  Inftrument  I  was  to  vfe. 
Mine  Eyes   are  made  the  fooles  o'th 'other  Sences'' 

45 Or  elfe  worth  all  the  reft:  I  fee  thee  ftill; 
And  on  thy  Blade,  and  Dudgeon,  Gouts  of  Blood, 
Which  was  not  fo  before.    There's  no  fuch  thing: 
It  is  the  bloody  Bufineffe,  which  informes 
Thus  to  mine  Eyes 


Act  V.     Scene  hi. 

Macb 

How  do's  your  Patient,  Doctor? 

Doct.  Not  fo  ficke  my  Lord, 

As  fhe  is  troubled  with  thicke-comming  Fancies 
That  keepe  her  from  her  reft. 

Macb.  Cure  her  of  ^  that : 

4oCan'ft  thou  not  Minifter  to  a  minde  difeas'd, 
Plucke  from  the  Memory  a  rooted  Sorrow, 
Raze  out  the  written  troubles  of  the  Braine, 
And  with  fome  fweet  Obliuious  Antidote 
Cleanfe  the  ftufft  bofome,  of  that  perillous  ftuffe 

45 Which  weighes  vpon  the  heart? 


^  Cure  of. 


From  Macbeth.  147 

sert  duw  not,  faeitael  vizion,  sensib,! 

tu  fi:lii)  3ez  tu  sijt?  or  aert  duw  but 

36  dgeger  ov  de  mijnd,  ae  fa:ls  kreseisTon, 

prosiidii)  from  de  he:t-opresed  braein"? 

ij  si:  di:  jit,  in  form  sez  paelpgeb^l  40 

sez  dis  hwitj  nuw  ij  dra:. 

duw  maerjaelst  mi  de  waei  daet  ij  waez  go:ii) ; 

gend  sutj  sen  instriument  ij  waez  tu  iuz. 

mijn  ijz  ser  m?e:d  de  fu:lz  o  duder  sensez, 

or  els  wure  a:l  de  rest;  ij  si:  di:  stil,  45 

send  on  dij  blse:d  asnd  dud;on  guwts  ov  blud, 

hwitJ  waez  not  so:  bifo:r.     derz  no:  sutJ  6ii] : 

it  iz  de  bludi  biznes  hwitJ  informz 

dus  tu  mijn  ijz 


Act  V.     Scene  hi. 

maekbeB.] 

huw  duz  iur  pae:sTent,  doktorV 

doktor.]  not  so  sik,  mij  lord, 

aez  Ji  iz  trub.ld  wid  eik-kumii}  faensiz, 
dset  ki:p  her  from  her  rest. 

maekbee.]  kiur  her  ov  daet. 

kaenst  duw  not  min(i)ster  tu  it-  mijnd  dize:zd,  40 

pluk  from  de  memori  ae  ru:ted  soro:, 
rae:z  uwt  de  writ.n  trub.lz  ov  de  braein 
aend  wid  sum  swi:t  oblivTus  aentido:t 
klens  de  stuft  bu(:)zom  ov  daet  per(i)lus  stuf 
hwitJ  waciz  upon  de  haert?  46 


10' 


148  From  Hamlet. 

From  Hamlet. 

Act  I.     Scene  ii. 

On  that  this  too  too  folid  Flefh,  would  melt, 

130 Thaw,  and  refolue  it  felfe  into  a  Dew:  , 
Or  that  the  Euerlafting  had  not  fixt 
His  Cannon  'gainit  Selfc-flaughter.    O  God,  O  God! 
How  weary,  ftale,  flat,  and  vnprofitable 
Seemes  to  me  all  the  vies  of  this  world? 

135  Fie  on't!     Oh  fie,  ^  'tis  an  vnweeded  Garden 
That  growes  to  Seed :  Things  rank,  and  groffe  in 

Nature 
Poffeffe    it  meerely.     That  it  fhould  come  to  this: 
But  two  months  dead :  Nay,  not  lo  much ;  not  two, 
So  excellent  a  King,  that  was  to  this 

i^oHiperton  to  a  Satyre:  lo  louing  to  my  Mother, 
That  he  might  not  beteeme  ^  the  windes  of  heauen 
Vifit  her  face  too  roughly.     Heauen  and  Earth !  ^ 
Muft  I  remember :  why  f he  would  hang  on  him, 
As  if  encreafe  of  Appetite  had  growne 

145 By  what  it  fed  on-  and  yet  within  a  month? 
Let  me  not  thinke  on't :  Frailty,  thy  name  is  woman. 
A  little  Month,  or  ere  thole  fhooes  were  old. 
With  which  fhe  followed  my  poore  Fathers  body 
Like  Niobe,  all  teares.     Why  fhe,  euen  fhe, 

150  (O  Heauen !    A  beaft  that  wants  difcourfe  of  Reafon 
Would    haue   mourn'd   longer)   married  with  mine 

Vnkle, 
My  Fathers  Brother :  but  no  more  like  my  Father, 
Then  I  to  Hercules.     Within  a  Moneth? 

1  Fie  on't?   Oh  fie,  fie  F,  Fie  on't,  ah  fie,  Q^.       "  be- 
teene  F,  beteeme  Q.^.  ''  No  stop  Q^F. 


From  Hamlet.  149 

From  Hamlet. 

Act  I.     Scene  ii. 

■o:,  daet  dis  tui  tu:  solid  flej  wu:ld  melt, 
ea:  aend  rezolv  itself  intu  as  deu!  lao 

or  daet  de  everlaestii]  haed  not  fikst 
hiz  kaenon  gaeinst  self-sla:ter!     o  god!  o  god! 
huw  we:ri,  stsed,  flaet  aend  unprofitgeb,l 
si;mz  tu  mi  a:l  de  iusez  ov  dis  world ! 
fij  ont!     o:  fij!  tiz  aen  unwiided  gaerd,n  135 

daet  grouz  tu  si:d;  eii]z  raegk  aend  grois  in 

nae:tiur 
pozes  it  miirli.     daet  it  Ju:ld  kum  tu  dis! 
but  tu:  munGs  ded :  naei,  not  so  mutj,  not  tu: : 
so  ekselent  ae  kiij :  daet  waez,  tu  dis, 
hijpe:rTon  tu  ae  sae:tir;  so  luvii]  tu  mij  muder  uo 

daet  hi  mijt  not  biti:m  de  wijndz  ov  he(:)vn 
vizit  her  fae:s  tu  rufli.     he(:)vn  aend  e(:)rG ! 
must  ij  remember?     hwij,  Ji  wu:ld  haeg  on  him, 
aez  if  inkreis  ov  aepetijt  haed  groun 
bij  hwaet  it  fed  on:  aend  jit,  widin  ae  munG —  145 

let  mi  not  6ii)k  ont — fraeilti,  dij  nae:m  iz  wumaen! — 
ae  lit,l  munG,  or  e:r  do:z  Ju:z  wer  ould 
wid  hwitj  Ji  foloud  mij  pu:r  fcederz  bodi, 
lijk  nijobe:,  a:l  te:rz: — hwij  Ji:,  i:vn  Ji: — 
o:  he(:jvn!    ae  be:st,  daet  waents  disku:rs  ov  re:z,n,  150 
wu;ld  haev  murnd  loijger — maerid  wid  mijn  urjk,!, 

mi]  faederz  bruder,  but  no  mo:r  lijk  mij  fieder 
den  ij  tu  herkiulc:z:  widin  ;jl'  munO : 


150  From  Haimlet. 

Ere  yet  the  fait  of  moft  vnrighteous  Teares 
166  Had  left  the  flufhing  of  her  gauled  eyes, 
She  married 


Act  I.     Scene  hi. 

Give  thy  thoughts  no  tongue^ 

60 Nor  any  vnproportion'd  thought  his  Act: 
Be  thou  familiar;  but  by  no  meanes  vulgar: 
The  friends  thou  haft,  and  their  adoption  tride. 
Grapple  them  to  thy  Soule,  with  hoopes  of  Steele : 
But  doe  not  dull  thy  palme,  with  entertainment 

65  Of  each  new  hatch't,  ^  vnfledg'd  Comrade.    Beware 
Of  entrance  to  a  quarrell :  but  being  in 
Bear't  that  th'oppofed  may  beware  of  thee. 
Giue  euery  man  thine  eare;  but  few  thy  voyce: 
Take  each  mans  cenfure ;  but  referue  thy  iudgement : 

ToCoftly  thy  habit  as  thy  purfe  can  buy; 
But  not  expreft  in  fancie;  rich,  not  gawdie: 
For  the  Apparell  oft  proclaimes  the  man. 
And  they  in  France  of  the  beft  ranck  and  ftation, 
Are  moft-  felect  and  generous  chiefs  in  that. 

75 Neither  a  borrower,  nor  a  lender  be; 
For  lone  oft  lofes  both  it  felfe  and  friend: 
And  borrowing  duls  the  edge  of  Husbandry. 
This  aboue  all;  to  thine  owne  felfe  be  true: 
And  it  muft  follow,  as  the  Night  the  Day,, 

80  Thou  canft  not  then  be  falfe  to  any  man. 


'  vnhatch't  F,  new  hatcht  jQo.      ^  Are  of  a  moft.      ^  cheff. 


From  Hamlet.  151 

e:r  jit  de  sa:lt  ov  mo:st  unrijtTus  te:rz 

haed  left  de  flujir)  ov  her  ga:led  ijz,  155 

Ji  mserid 


Act  I.     Scene  hi. 

fjiv  dij  eouts  no:  tut], 
nor  aeni  unproporsTond  eout  hiz  aekt.  60 

bi:  duw  fsemil'iser,  but  bij  no:  me:nz  vulgaer. 
de  frendz  duw  haest,  aend  daeir  iiedopsTon  trijd, 
graep,l  dem  tu  dij  soul  wid  hu:ps  ov  sti:l; 
but  du:  not  dul  dij  pa:m  wid  entertaeinment 
ov  e:tj  niu-haetjt,  unfled^d  komrae:d.     biwae:r  es 

ov  entraens  tu  ae  kwaerel,  but  bi:(i)i)  in, 
be:rt  daet  dopo:zed  maei  biw3e:r  ov  di:. 
cjiv  ev(e;ri  maen  dijn  e:r,  but  feu  dij  vois; 
tae:k  e:tj  maenz  sensiur,  but  rezerv  dij  d5ud5ment. 
kostli  dij  haebit  aez  dij  purs  kaen  bij,  70 

but  not  eksprest  in  faensi;  ritj,  not  ga:di; 
foi  de  aepaerel  oft  proklaeimz  de  maen, 
aend  daei  in  fraens  ov  de  best  raegk  aend  stae:sTon 
aer  mo:st  selekt  aend  d;en(e)rus,  tji:f  in  daet. 
ne:der  ae  boroer,  nor  ic  lender  bi: ;  75 

for  lo:n  oft  lu:zez  bo:e  itself  aend  frend, 
aL-nd  boroii)  dulz  de  ed;  ov  huzbiendri. 
dis  tcbuv  a:l :  tu  dijn  oun  self  bi:  triu, 
aend  it  must  folo:,  ;cz  de  nijt  de  dsei, 
duw  kit-nst  not  den  bi  fa:ls  tu  icni  mien.  so 


152  From  Hamlet. 


Act  III.     Scene  i. 


To  be,  or  not  to  be,  that  is  the  Queftion: 
Whether  'tis  Nobler  in  the  minde  to  fuffer 
The  SHngs  and  Arrowes  of  outragious  Fortune, 
Or  to  take  Armes  againft  a  Sea  of  troubles, 

60 And  by  oppofing  end  them:  to  dye,  to  fleepe, 
No  more;  and  by  a  fleepe,  to  fay  we  end 
The  Heart-ake,  and  the  thoufand  Naturall  fhockes 
That  Flefh  is  heyre  too?     'Tis  a  confummation 
Deuoutly  to  be  wifh'd.     To  dye,  to  fleepe, 

65  To  fleepe,  perchance  to  Dreame ;  I,  there's  the  rub, 
For  in  that  fleepe  of  death,  what  dreames  may  come, 
When  we  haue  fhuffel'd^  off  this  mortall  coile, 
Muft  giue  vs  pawfe.     There's  the  refpect 
That  makes  Calamity  of  fo  long  life: 

70  For  who  would  beare  the  Whips  and  Scornes  of  time, 
The  Oppreffors  wrong,  the  proude  -  mans  Contumely, 
The  pangs  of  difpriz'd  Loue,  the  Lawes  delay. 
The  infolence  of  Office,  and  the  Spurnes 
That  patient  merit  of  the  vnworthy  takes^ 

75  When  he  himfelfe  might  his  Quietus  make 
With   a   bare  Bodkin?     Who  would  thefe  Fardles 

beare 
To  grunt  and  fweat  vnder  a  weary  life, 
But  that  the  dread  of  fomething  after  death. 
The  vndifcouered  Countrey,  from  whofe  Borne 

80  No  Traueller  returnes,  Puzels  the  will, 
And  makes  vs  rather  beare  thofe  illes  we  haue. 
Then  flye  to  others  that  we  know  not  of. 
Thus  Confcience  does  make  Cowards  of  vs  all, 
And  thus  the  Natiue  hew  of  Refolution 

'  fhufflerd.  "  poore  F,  proude  Qi. 


From  Hamlet.  153 

Act  III.     Scene  i. 

tu  bi:,  or  not  tu  bi::  daet  iz  de  kwestion: 

hweder  tiz  noibler  in  de  mijnd  tu  siifer 

de  sliijz  asnd  gerouz  ov  uwtrgeidgius  fortiun, 

or  tu  tgeik  sermz  geggeinst  ge  se:  ov  trub,lz, 

aend  bij  opoizii)  end  dem.     tu  dij:  tu  sli:p;  eo 

no  moir;  acnd  bij  ae  sli:p  tu  ssei  wi  end 

de  hse'rt-aj:k  send  de  BuVziend  nietiurael  Joks 

daet  flej  iz  haeir  tu:,  tiz  ge  konsumae:sTon 

devuwtli  tu  bi  wijt.     tu  dij,  tu  sli:p; 

tu  sli:p:  pertjasns  tu  dre:m:  ij,  de;rz  de  rub;  es 

for  in  daet  sli:p  ov  de(:")e  hwaet  dre:mz  miei  kum 

hwen  wi  haev  Juf,ld  ofjdis  morta;!  koil, 

must  giv  us  pa:z:/de(':)rz  de  respekt 

daet  mae:ks  kaelaemiti  ov  so  loi)  lijf; 

for  hwu:  wuild  be:r  de  hwips  send  skornz  ov  tijm,    to 

dopresorz  ^vroI],  de  pruwd  maenz  kontium(e)li, 

de  paei)z  ov  disprijzd  luv,  de  laiz  dekei, 

de  insolens  ov  ofis  aend  de  spurnz 

daet  paeisTent  merit  ov  d(e)  unwurdi  tae:ks, 

hwen  hi  himself  mijt  hiz  kwijeitus  mae:k  76 

wid  ae  bae:r  bodkin "?    hwu:  wu:ld  de:z  faerd,lz  be:r, 

tu  grunt  aend  swe(:)t  under  ae  weiri  lijf, 
but  daet  de  dre(:)d  ov  sumBii]  aifter  de(:)e, 
de  undiskuverd  kuntri  from  hwu:z  born 
no  traeveler  returnz,  puz.lz  de  wil 
aend  miviks  us  neder  be:r  do;z  ilz  wi  hxw 
den  flij  tu  u.lerz  diet  wi  kno:  not  ov? 
dus  konslens  duz  m:e:k  kuwaerdz  ov  us  ail; 
send  dus  de  nieitiv  hiu  ov  rezoliusTon 


80 


154  From  Hamlet. 

86 Is  licklicd  o'rc,  with  Ihc  pale  caft  of  Thought, 
And  entcrprizes  of  great  pith  and  moment, 
With  this  regard  their  Currants  turne  away, 
And  loofe  the  name  of  Action 


Act  III.     Scene  ii. 

Ham.  Speake  the  Speech  I  pray  you,  as  T 
pronounc'd  it  to  you  trippingly  on  the  Tongue: 
But  if  3'ou  mouth  it,  as  many  of  your  Players  do, 
I  had  as  Hue  the  Town-Cryer  had  fpoke  my  Lines : 
6  Nor  do  not  faw  the  Ayre  too  much  with  ^  your 
hand  thus,  but  vfe  all  gently:  for  in  the  verie 
Torrent,  Tempeft,  and  (as  I  may  fay)  the  Whirle- 
winde  of  Paffion,  you  mult  acquire  and  beget  a 
Temperance   that   may   giue  it  Smoothnel'fe.     O  it 

10  offends  mee  to  the  Soule,  to  fee  a  robuftious  Pery- 
wig-pated  Fellow,  teare  a  Paffion  to  tatters,  to  verie 
ragges,  to  fplit  the  eares  of  the  Groundlings:  who 
(for  the  moft  part)  are  capeable  of  nothing,  but 
inexplicable  dumbe  fhewes,  and  noife:  1  could  haue 

i5fuch  a  Fellow  whipt  for  o're-doing  Termagant:  it 
oui-Nerod's  Herod.     Pray  you  auoid  it. 
Player.     I  warrant  your  Honor. 
Ham.     Be  not  too  tame  neyther :  but  let  your 
owne  Difcretion   be   your  Tutor.     Sute  the  Action 

20  to  the  Word,  the  Word  to  the  Action,  with  this 
Ipeciall  obferuance:  That  you  ore-ftep^  not  the 
modeftie  of  Nature;  for  any  thing  fo  oucr-done, 
is  from  the  purpofe  of  Playing,  whofe  end  both  at 

'  with  om.  F,  with  Qq.       ^  orc-ftop  F,  ore-fteppe  Q',,. 


From  Hamlet.  155 

iz  siklid  o:r  wid  de  pae:l  kaest  ov  Gout,  85 

aend  enterprijzez  ov  gre:t  pi0  aend  mo:ment 

wid  dis  regserd  daeir  kuraents  turn  aewaei, 

tend  lu:z  de  nseim  ov  geksion 


Act  III.     Scene  ii. 

haemlet.]  spe:k  de  spi:tj,  ij  praei  iu,  aez  ij 
pronuwnst  it  tu  iu ,  tripii]li  on  de  tui] :  but  if 
iu  muwd  it,  aez  maeni  ov  iur  plseierz  du:,  ij  hasd 
sez  liv  de  tuwn-krijer  haed  spo:k  mij  lijnz.  nor 
du:  not  sa:  de  aeir  tu:  mutj  wid  iur  haend,  dus,  5 
but  iuz  a:l  d^entli ;  for  in  de  veri  torent ,  tem- 
pest, aend  sez  ij  maei  saei,  de  hwirl-wijnd  ov 
paesTon,  iu  must  aekwijr  aend  biget  ae  temperaens 
daet  maei  giv  it  smu:dnes.  0:,  it  ofendz  mi  tu 
de  soul  tu  si:  ct  robustTus  periwig -pae:ted  felo:  la 
te:r  ae  paesTon  tu  taeterz,  tu  veri  raegz,  tu  split 
de  e:rz  ov  de  gruwndliijz,  hwu:  for  de  mo:st 
paert  aer  kae:pLeb,l  ov  nu0iT]  but  ineksplikjiib,]  dum- 
Jouz  send  noiz:  ij  ku:ld  hae:v  sutj  x  felo:  hwipt 
for  o:rdu:ii]  termjcgccnt;  it  uwt-herodz  herod :  praei 
iu,  aevoid  it. 

phcier.]  ij  wxracnt  iur  onor. 
hecmlet.]  bi:  not  tu:  tae:m  neider,  but  let  iur 
oun  diskresTon  bi:  iur  tiutor:  siut  de  acksTon20 
tu  de  word,  de  word  tu  de  ieksTon;  wid  dis 
spesTael  observctns,  diet  iu  o:rstep  not  de  mo- 
desti  ov  nx':tiur:  for  icni  oil]  so:  overdun  iz 
from   de   purpo:s   ov   pheiii],    hwu:z   end,    bo:0  act 


156  From  Hamlet. 

the  firft  and  now,  was  and  is,  to  hold  as  'twer  the 

26Mirrour  vp  to  Nature-,  to  fhew  Vertue  her  owne 
Feature,  Scorne  her  owne  Image,  and  the  verie  Age 
and  Bodie  of  the  Time,  his  forme  and  preffure.  Now, 
this  ouer-done,  or  come  tardie  off,  though  it  make 
the  vnskilfull  laugh,  cannot  but  make  the  ludicious 

sogreeue;  The  cenfure  of  the  which  One,  muft  in  your 
allowance  o're-way  a  whole  Theater  of  Others.  Oh, 
there  bee  Players  that  I  haue  feene  Play,  and  heard 
others  praife,  and  that  highly  (not  to  fpeake  it 
prophanely)    that    neyther    hauing    the    accent    of 

85  Chriftians,  nor  the  gate  of  Chriftian,  Pagan,  nor  man,^ 
haue  fo  ftrutted  and  bellowed,  that  I  haue  thought 
fome  of  Natures  louerney-men  had  made  men,  and 
not  made  them  well,  they  imitated  Humanity  fo 
abhominably. 

40  Play.  I  hope  we  haue  reform'd  that  indiffe- 
rently with  vs,  Sir. 

Ham.  O  reforme  it  altogether.  And  let  thofe 
that  play  your  Clownes,  fpeake  no  more  then  is 
fet   downe   for   them.     For  there  be  of  them,   that 

45  will  themfelues  laugh,  to  fet  on  fome  quantity  of 
barren  Spectators  to  laugh  too,  though  in  the  meane 
time,  fome  neceffary  Queftion  of  the  Play  be  then  to 
be  confidered:  that's  Villanous,  and  fhewes  a  moft 
pittifuU  Ambition   in   the   Foole   that   vfes  it.     Go 

60  make  you  readie. 


^  or  Norman  F,  nor  man  Qo. 


From  Hamlet.  157 

de  first  aend  nuvv,  wgez  aend  \z,  tu  ho:ld,  aez  twe(:)r, 
de  miror  up  tu  naeitiur;  tu  Jo;  vertiu  her  oun25 
feitiur,  skorn  her  oun  imsed;,  aend  de  veri  ae:d5 
send  bodi  ov  de  tijm  hiz  form  send  presiur.  nuw 
dis  overdun,  or  kum  tterdi  of,  dou  it  mae:k  de 
unskilful  laef,  kaenot  but  mse:k  de  dziudisTus  griiv; 
de  sensiur  ov  de  hwitj  o:n  must  in  iur  aeluwaensaa 
oirweei  se  ho:l  Geiaeter  ov  uderz.  o:,  der  bi 
plaeierz  daet  ij  haev  sim  plasi,  aend  haerd  uderz 
praeiz,  aend  daet  hijli,  not  tu  spe:k  it  profjemli, 
daet,  neider  haeivii)  de  aeksent  ov  kristlaenz  nor 
de  cjaeit  ov  kristtaen,  paeicjsen,  nor  maen,  haev  so:  35 
struted  send  beloud  daet  ij  haev  eout  sum  ov 
naeitiurz  d;urnimen  hsed  maeid  men  send  not 
mse:d  dem  wel,  daei  imitseited  hium^eniti  so: 
sebominsebli. 

plaeier.]      ij   ho:p  wi  haev  reformd  daet   indife-40 
rentli  wid  us,  sir. 

haemlet.]  o:,  reform  it  a:ltufjeder.  aend  let 
do:z  dset  plsei  iur  kluwnz  spe:k  no:  mo:r  den  iz 
set  duwn  for  dem;  for  der  bi:  ov  dem  dset  wil 
demselvz  laef,  tu  set  on  sum  kwasntiti  ov  bseren45. 
spekt£e:torz  tu  laef  tu:;  dou  in  de  me:n  tijm, 
sum  nesesaeri  kwestTon  ov  de  plaei  bi:  den  tu  bi 
konsiderd:  daets  vilaenus,  send  Jouz  ae  mo:st 
pitiful  aembisTon  in  de  fu:l  daet  iuzez  it.  go:, 
mce:k  iu  re(:)di. 


158  From  King  Lear, 

Act  IV.     Scene  v. 
How  fhould  I  your  true  loue  know 
From  another  one? 
25      By  his  Cockle  hat  and  Itaffe, 
And  his  Sandal  fhoone.  ^ 

He  is  dead  and  gone  Lady, 
30  He  is  dead  and  gone, 

At  his  head  a  gralfe-greene  Turfe, 
At  his  heeles  a  [tone.  ^ 

35     White  his  Shrow'd  as  the  Mountaine  Snow, 
Larded  with  fweet  flowers: 
Which  bewept  to  the  graue  did  go,  ^ 
With  true-loue  fhowres. 


From  King  Lear. 

Act  III.     Scene  ii. 
Blow  windes,  and  crack  your  cheeks  •,  Rage,  blow 
You  Cataracts,  and  Hyrricano's  fpout, 
Till  you  haue  drench'd  our  Steeples,  drown'd^the 

Cockes. 
You  Sulph'rous  and  Thought-executing  Fires, 
sVaunt-curriors  of  Oake-cleauing  Thunder-bolts, 
Sindge  my  white  head.  And  thou  all  fhaking  Thunder, 
Strike  flat  the  thicke  Rotundity  o'th' world, 
Cracke  Natures  moulds,  all  germaines  fpill  at  once 
That  makes  ingratefull  Man. 


'  LI.  23  to  26  two  lines.     ^  u.  29  to  32  two  lines. 
^  did  not  go  QqF.  *  drown  F,  drown'd  Q. 


From  Kixg  Lear.  159 

Act  IV,     Scene  v. 
huw  Ju:ld  ij  iur  triu-luv  kno: 

from  genuder  om? 
bij  hiz  kok,l  haet  asnd  staef,  25 

send  hiz  saendael  Ju:n. 

hi  iz  ded  aend  go:n,  laeidi, 

hi  iz  ded  aend  go:n;  so 

set  hiz  hed  se  grass-grim  turf, 

set  hiz  hi:lz  ae  stoin. 

hwijt  hiz  Jruwd  aez  de  muwntaein  sno:,        35 

laerded  ^vid  swiit  fluwrz; 
hwitj  biwept  tu  d(e)  grae:v  did  go: 

wid  triu-luv  Juwrz. 


From  King  Lear. 

Act  III.     Scene  h. 
bio:,  wijndz,  send  kraek  iur  tji:ksl  raeid;!  bio:! 
iu  kaetaeraekts  asnd  hurikse:no:z,  spuwt 
til  iu  haev  drentjt  uwr  sti:p,lz,  druwnd  de  koks! 

iu  sulfrus  aend  0out-eksekiutii]  fijrz, 

va:nt-kurTorz  ov  o:k-kle:viij  eunder-boults,  6 

sind;  mij  hwijt  hed !  send  duw,  a:l-JaE:kig  eunder, 

strijk  flaet  de  eik  rotund iti  od  world! 

kraek  nae:tiurz  mouldz,  a:l  d;ermaeinz  spil  aet  o:ns, 

daet  m3e:ks  ingrae;tful  maen. 


160  From  King  Lear. 

Rumble  thy  belly  full:  (pit  Fire,  fpowt  Raine: 
16 Nor  Raine,  Winde,  Thunder,  Fire  are  my  Daughters; 
I  taxe  not  you,  you  Elements  with  vnkindneffe. 
I  neuer  gaue  you  Kingdome,  call'd  you  Children; 
You  owe  me  no  fublcription.     Then  let  fall 
Your  horrible  pleafure.    Heere  I  ftand  your  Slaue, 
20 A  poore,  infirme,  weake,  and  difpis'd  old  man: 
But  yet  I  call  you  Seruile  Minifters, 
That  will  with  two  pernicious  Daughters  ioyne 
Your  high-engender'd  Battailes,  'gainft  a  head 


So  old,  and  white  as  this. 


Act  IV.     Scene  vi. 

How  fearefuU 
And  dizie  'tis,  to  caft  ones  eyes  fo  low, 
The  Crowes  and  Choughes,  that  wing  the  midway  ayre 
Shew  fcarfe  fo  groffe  as  Beetles.    Halfe  way  downe 

15  Hangs  one  that  gathers  Sampire :  dreadfull  Trade  : 
Me  thinkes  he  feemes  no  bigger  then  his  head. 
The  Fifhermen,  that  walke^  vpon  the  beach 
Appeare  like  Mice :  and  yond  tall  Anchoring  Barke, 
Diminifh'd  to  her  Cocke:  her  Cocke,  a  Buoy 

20  Almoft  too  fmall  for  fight.    The  murmuring  Surge, 
That  on  th'vnnumbred  idle  Pe.  ble  chafes 
Cannot  be  heard  fo  high.    He  looke  no  more, 
Leaft  my  braine  turne,  and  the  deficient  fight 
Topple  downe  headlong. 


'  walk'd  F,  walke  Q. 


From  King  Lear.  161 

rumb,l  dij  beliful!  spit,  fijrl  spuwt,  raeini 

nor  raein,  wijnd,  Sunder,  fij,r,  aer  mij  da:terz:  15 

ij  tgeks  not  iu,  iu  el(ejments,  wid  unkijndnes; 

ij  never  gaeiv  iu  kiijduni,  kaild  iu  tjildren, 

iu  o:  mi  no:  subskripsTon :  den  let  fail 

iur  hor(i)bl  ple(:)ziur;  he:r  ij  stsend,  iur  slgezv, 

ae  puir,  infirm,  we;k,  send  dispijzd  ould  maen:  20 

but  jit  ij  ka:l  iu  servil  ministerz, 

daet  wil  wid  tu'  pernisTus  daiterz  d5oin 

iur  hij  indgenderd  b  i.t,lz  gaeinst  ae  hed 

so  ould  aend  hwijt  aez  dis. 


Act  IV.     Scene  vi. 

huw  fe:rful 
send  dizi  tiz,  tu  kaest  o:nz  ijz  so  lo: ! 
de  krouz  aend  tjufs  daet  wiij  de  midwaei  aeir 
Jo:  skaers  so  gro:s  sez  bi:t,lz:  ha:f  waei  duwn 
hi2i)z  o:n  daet  Cjaederz  saempijr,  dre(:)dful  trae:d!      15 
mi  eigks  hi  si:mz  no  biyer  den  hiz  hed : 
de  fijermen,  daet  wa:k  upon  de  be:tj, 
aEpe:r  lijk  mijs;  aend  jond  ta:l  aei)k(ojrii3  baerk, 
diminijt  tu  her  kok;  her  kok,  ae  bwoi 
a:lmo:st  tu:  sma:l  for  sijt:  de  murm(u)rii]  surd5,     20 
dset  on  dunnumbred  ijd,l  peb,l  tjae.fs, 
kaenot  bi  h^x;rd  so  hij.     ijl  lu;k  no  mo:r; 
le(:)st  mij  bra-'in  turn,  aend  de  defisTent  sijt 
top,I  duwn  hedlor). 


Victor,  Sbokespeiire's  Prununciation.     JI.  1.1 


162  From  King  Lear. 

Act  V.     Scene  hi. 

Lear.    Howle,  howle,  howle,  howle :  ^  O  you  ^ 

are  men  of  [tones, 
Had  I  your  tongues  and  eyes,  11 'd  vfe  them  fo, 
That  Heauens  vault  fhould  crack :  (he's  gone  for  euer. 
260 1  know  when  one  is  dead,  and  when  one  Hues, 
She's  dead  as  earth:  Lend  me  a  Looking-glaffe, 
If  that  her  breath  will  mift  or  ftaine  the  ftone, 
Why  then  fhe  Hues. 

Kent.  Is  this  the  promis'd  end? 

Edg.     Or  image  of  that  horror?^ 

Alb.  Fall  and  ceafe. 

266         Lear.    This  feather  ftirs,  fhe  Hues:  if  it  be  fo, 
It  is  a  chance  which  do's  redeeme  all  forrowes 
That  euer  I  haue  felt. 

Kent.  O  my  good  Mafter. 

Lear.     Prythee  away. 

Edg.  'Tis  Noble  Kent  your  Friend. 

Lear.  A  plague  vpon  you  Murderers,  Traitors  all, 
270 1  might  haue  fau'd  her,  now  fhe's  gone  for  euer: 
Cordelia,  Cordelia,  ftay  a  little.     Ha: 
What  is't  thou  faiff?     Her  voice  was  euer  foft, 
Gentle,  and  low,  an  excellent  thing  in  woman. 

805         Lear.     And    my   poore  Foole   is  hang'd:   no, 

no,  no  life? 
Why  fhould  a  Dog,  a  Horfe,  a  Rat  haue  life. 
And  thou  no  breath  at  all  ?    Thou'lt  come  no  more, 
Neuer,  neuer,  neuer,  neuer,  neuer. 
Pray  you  vndo  this  Button.     Thanke  you  Sir, 

1  77?^  fourth  howle  in  Q  only.       ^  your.        '  Full  stop. 


From  King  Lear.  163 


Act  V.     Scene  hi. 


le:r.]     huwl ,   huwl ,    huwl ,   huwl !     o: ,    iu  aer 

men  ov  stoinz: 
haed  ij  iur  tui]z  send  ijz,  ijld  iuz  dem  so: 
dset  he(;)v,nz  va:lt  Ju:ld  kraek.     Ji:z  go:n  for  ever! 
ij  kno:  hwen  o:n  iz  ded,  asnd  hwen  o:n  livz;  26o 

Ji:z  ded  aez  e(:)re.     lend  mi  ae  lu:kii)-glaes ; 
if  daet  her  bre(:)0  wil  mist  or  staein  de  sto:n^ 
hwij,  den  Ji  livz. 

kent,]  iz  dis  de  promist  end? 

edgaer.]     or  imaed;  ov  daet  horor? 

ae:lbaeni.]  fa:l,  aend  se:s! 

le:r.]     dis  feder  sturz;  Ji  livz!     if  it  bi;  so:,     266 
it  iz  ae  tjaens  hwitj  duz  redi:m  a;l  sorouz 
daet  ever  ij  haev  felt. 

kent.]  o:  mij  gud  maester! 

le:r.]     pridi:,  aewaei. 

edgaer.]  tiz  no:b,l  kent,  iur  frend. 

le:r.]    ae  plae:g  upon  iu  murd(e)rerz,  traeitorz  a:l ! 
ij  mijt  haev  sae:vd  her;  nuw  Ji:z  go:n  for  ever!-      270 
korde:lTae,  kordediae,  staei  ae  lit,l.     hae: ! 
hwset  ist  duw  saeist?     her  vois  v^'aez  ever  soft, 
d^ent,!,  aend  lo:,  aen  eks(e)lent  eii)  in  wuraaen. 

le:r.]     aend    mij    pu:r    fu:I    iz    hicijd  I    no:,    no:,  aos 

no:  lijf! 
hwij  Ju:ld  ic  dog,  ^e  hors,  ae  raet  hicv  lijf, 
icnd  duw  no  bre(:)e  xt  a:l?     duwlt  kum  no  mo;r, 
never,  never,  never,  never,  never  I 
praei  iu,  undu:  dis  but,n:  Oiegk  iu,  sir. 


11 


164  From  Othello. 

810 Do  you  fee  this?    Looke  on  her!^    Looke  her  lips, 
Looke  there,  looke  there. 

Edg.  He  faints,  my  Lord,  my  Lord. 

Kent.     Breake  heart,  I  pry  thee  breake. 
Edg.  Looke  vp  my  Lord. 

Kent.    Vex  not  his  ghoft,  O  let  him  paffe,  he 

hates  him, 
That  would  vpon  the  wracke  of  this  tough  world 
816  Stretch  him  out  longer. 


From  Othello. 

Act  L     Scene  in. 
Her  Father  lou'd  me,  oft  inuited  me: 
Still  queftion'd  me  the  Storie  of  my  life, 

isoFromyearetoyeare:  the  Battailes,^ Sieges,  F^ortunes,^ 
That  I  haue  paft. 

I  ran  it  through,  euen  from  my  boy  if  h  daies, 
Toth'  very  moment  that  he  bad  me  tell  it. 
Wherein  I  fpoke  of  moft  difaftrous  chances: 

185  Of  mouing  Accidents  by  Flood  and  Field, 

Of  haire-breadth  fcapes  i'th'imminent  deadly  breach^ 
Of  being  taken  b}^  the  Infolent  Foe, 
And  fold  to  flauery.     Of  my  redemption  thence. 
And  portance  in  my  Trauellours  hiftorie. 

140  Wherein  of  Antars  vaft,  and  Defarts  idle, 

Rough  Quarries,  Rocks,  and*  Hills,  whole  heads ^ 

touch  heauen. 
It  was  my  hint  to  fpeake.    Such  was  my  Proceffe, 

'  her?      "  Battaile.  (This  and  most  other  corrections 
fro'rn  Q.J  ^  Fortune.  *  and  om.  "^  head. 


From  Othello.  165 

du  iu  sii  dis?     lu:k  on  her,  lu:k,  her  Hps,  310 

lu:k  de:r,  lu:k  de:r! 

edgasr.]  hi  faeints !  mij  lord,  mij  lord ! 

kent.]     breik,  hasrt;  ij  pridi:,  bre:k! 

edcjaer.]  lu:k  up,  mij  lord. 

kent.]      veks   not   hiz  go;st:    o:,    let  him  pass! 

hi:  hge:ts  him 
daet  wuild  upon  de  wraek  ov  dis  tuf  world 
stretj  him  uwt  logger.  315 


From  Othello. 

Act  I.     Scene  hi. 

her  faeder  luvd  mi; ;  oft  invijted  mi: ; 

stil  kwestTond  mi:  de  stoiri  ov  mij  lijf, 

from  je:r  tu  je:r,  de  baet,lz,  si:d^ez,  fortiunz,  130 

daet  ij  haev  paest. 

ij  raen  it  Bru:,  i:vn  from  mij  boiij  daeiz, 

tud  veri  mo:ment  dact  hi  baed  mi  tel  it; 

hweirin  ij  spo:k  ov  mo:st  dizaestrus  tjaensez, 

ov  mu:vii]  aeksidents  bij  flud  aend  fi:ld,  las 

ov  haL'ir-brede  skae:ps  id  im(i)nent  dedli  bre:tj, 

ov  bi:ii)  tae:k,n  bij  de  ins(o)lent  fo: 

aend  sould  tu  slas:v(e)ri,  ov  mij  redempsTon  dens 

aend  porteens  in  mij  trcEv(e)lerz  histori : 

hwe;rin   ov  aenterz  vicst  aend  dezaerts  ijd,l,  no 

ruf  kwaeriz,  roks  icnd  hilz  hwu:z  hedz  tutj  he(:)v,n, 

it  wx'Z  mij  hint  tu  .spc:k,  — sutj  WcC-z  mij  pro:ses; 


166  From  Othello. 

And  of  the  Canibals  that  each  others  eate, 
The  Anthropophagi^  ^  and  men  whole  heads 

146  Do   grow  2   beneath   their  fhoulders.     Thefe  things 

to  heare, 
Would  Defdemona  ferioufly  incline: 
But  ftill  the  houle  Affaires  would  draw  her  thence :  * 
Which  euer  as  fhe  could  with  hafte  difpatch, 
She'ld*  come  againe,  and  with  a  greedie  eare 

isoDeuoure  vp  my  difcourfe.     Which  I  obferuing, 
Tooke  once  a  pliant  houre,  and  found  good  meanes 
To  draw  from  her  a  prayer  of  earneft  heart, 
That  I  would  all  my  Pilgrimage  dilate, 
Whereof  by  parcels  fhe  had  fomething  heard, 

155  But  not  intentiuely :  ^  I  did  confent, 
And  often  did  beguile  her  of  her  teares, 
When   I   did  fpeake  of  fome  diftreffefull  ftroke 
That  my  youth  fuffer'd :  My  Storie  being  done, 
She  gaue  me  for  my  paines  a  world  of  sighes:^ 

160  She  fwore  in  faith  'twas  ftrange :  'twas  paff ing  ftrange, 
'Twas  pittifull :  'twas  wondrous  pittifull. 
She  wifh'd  fhe  had  not  heard  it,  yet  fhe  wifh'd 
That   Heauen    had    made    her   fuch   a   man.      She 

thank'd  me, 
And  bad  me,  if  I  had  a  Friend  that  lou'd  her, 

165 1  fhould  but  teach  him  how  to  tell  my  Story, 
And  that  would  wooe  her.    Vpon  this  hint  I  fpake, 
She  lou'd  me  for  the  dangers  I  had  paft, 
And  I  lou'd  her,  that  fhe  did  pitty  them. 
This  onely  is  the  witch-craft  I  haue  vs'd. 


^  AntropopJias^ue.        -  Grew.       "  hence.       *  Shel'd. 
^  inftinctiuely.  ®  kiffes. 


From  Othello.  167 

send  ov  de  kaenibgelz  daet  eitj  uderz  e:t, 
de  aeneropofged;!],  send  men  hwu:z  hedz 
du  gro:  bineid^  dseir  Joulderz.     de:z  eii)z  tu  he:r    U5 

wuild  dezdemoinse  seirTusli  inklijn: 

but  stil  de  huws  sefseirz  wuild  dra:  her  dens: 

hwitj  ever  sez  Ji  ku:ld  wid  hseist  dispsetj, 

Ji:ld  kum  secjsein,  send  wid  se  cjreidi  e:r 

devuwr  up  mij  diskuirs:  hwitJ  ij  obzervii],  150 

tu:k  o:ns  se  plijsent  uwr,  send  fuwnd  gud  me:nz 

tu  dra:  from  her  se  prseir  ov  ernest  hsert 

dset  ij  wu:ld  ail  mij  pilcjrimaed;  dilseit, 

hweirov  bij  psers,lz  Ji  hsed  sumeii]  hserd, 

but  not  intentivH.     ij  did  konsent,  155 

send  oft.n  did  bicjijl  her  ov  her  te:rz, 

hwen  ij  did  spe:k  ov  sum  distresful  stro:k 

dset  mij  jiue  suferd.     mij  stoiri  bi:ir)  dun, 

Ji  gse:v  mi  for  mij  pseinz  se  world  ov  sijz : 

Ji  swo:r,  in  fseie,  twsez  strsend-,  twsez  psesii)  strsend^,  leo 

twsez  pitiful,  twsez  wundrus  pitiful: 

Ji  wijt  Ji  haed  not  haerd  it,  jit  Ji  wijt 

dset  he(:)vn  hsed  mitid  her  sutj  se  msen:  Ji  Gseijkt 

mi:, 
send  bsed  mi:,  if  ij  hted  le  frend  dtet  luvd  her, 
ij  Juild  but  te:tj  him  huw  tu  tel  mij  sto:ri,  les 

send  dx-t  wu:ld  wu:  her.     upon  dis  hint  ij  spseik: 
Ji  luvd  mi:  for  de  dsend;erz  ij  hied  psest, 
send  ij  luvd  her  dset  Ji  did  piti  dem. 
dis  o.nli  iz  de  witj-krseft  ij  hsev  iuzd. 


'   Or  binc.O. 


168  From  Othello. 


Act  IV.     Scene  h. 


Alas  I  ago, 
What  fhall  I  do  to  win  my  Lord  againe? 

150  Good  Friend,  go  to  him  :  for  by  this  light  of  Heauen, 
I  know  not  how  I  loft  him.     Heere  I  kneele : 
If  ere  my  will  did  trefpaffe  'gainft  his  Loue, 
Either  in  difcourfe  of  thought,  or  actuall  deed, 
Or  that  mine  Eyes,  mine  Eares,  or  any  Sence 

155 Delighted  them  in  any'  other  Forme, 
Or  that  I  do  not  yet,  and  euer  did, 
And  euer  will,  (though  he  do  fhake  me  off 
To  beggerly  diuorcement)  Loue  him  deerely. 
Comfort  forfweare  me.    Vnkindneffe  may  do  much, 

160  And  his  vnkindneffe  may  defeat  my  life. 

But  neuer  taynt  my  Loue 


Act  V.     Scene  iI. 

840  I  PRAY  you  in  your  Letters, 

When  you  fhall  thefe  vnluckie  deeds  relate, 
Speake  of  me,  as  I  am.     Nothing  extenuate, 
Nor   fet   downe   ought  in  malice.     Then  muft  you 

fpeake,  ^ 
Of  one  that  lou'd  not  wifely,  but  too  well: 

845  Of  one,  not  eafily  lealious,  but  being  wrought. 
Perplexed  in  the  extreame:  Of  one,  whofe  hand 
(Like  the  bafe  Indean  threw  a  Pearle  away 
Richer   then  all  his  Tribe:    Of  one,  whofe  fubdu'd 

Eyes, 
Albeit  vn-vfed  to  the  melting  moode, 

1  them:  or  any.  "  Then  .  .  .  fpeake,  a  new  line. 


From  Othello.  169 


Act  IV.     Scene  il 


gelaes,  iae:go:, 
hwaet  Jael  ij  du:  tu  win  mij  lord  aegaein? 
gud  frend,  go:  tu  him;  for,  bij  dis  lijt  ov^  he(:)vn,  150 
ij  kno:  not  huw  ij  lost  him.     he:r  ij  kni:l: 
if  e:r  mij  wil  did  trespass  gasinst  hiz  luv, 
e:d(e)r^  in  disku:rs  ov  Bout  or  aektmeel  di:d, 
or  daet  mijn  ijz,  mijn  e:rz,  or  aeni  sens, 
delijted  dem  in  aeni  uder  form:  155 

or  daet  ij  du;  not  jit,  aend  ever  did, 
aend  ever  wil — dou  hi  du  Jae:k  mi  of 
tu  begerli  divorsment— luv  him  deirli, 
kumfort  forsweir  mi:!     unkijndnes  maei  du:  mutj; 
aend  hiz  unkijndnes  maei  defe:t  mij  lijf,  leo 

but  never  taeint  mij  luv 


Act  V.     Scene  il 

ij  praei  iu,  in  iur  leterz,  340 
hwen  iu  Jael  de:z  unluki  diidz  relae:t, 
spe:k  ov  mi:  aez  ij  sem;  noGir)  ekstenTuae:t, 
nor  set  duwn  out  in  maelis:  den  must  iu  spe:k 

ov  o:n  daet  luvd  not  wijzli  but  tu:  wel; 

ov  o:n  not  e:z(i)li  di^elTus,  but  bi:ii)  wrout  345 

perplekst  in  de  ekstre:m;  ov  o:n  hwu:z  htend, 

lijk  de  b3e:s  indTaen,  Oriu  ae  perl  aewaei 

ritjer  den  a:l  hiz  trijb;  ov  o:n  hwu:z  subdiud  ijz, 

a;lbi:(i)t  uniuzed  tu  de  mcltii]  mu:d, 

*  Hardly  c-:r. 


170  From  Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

850  Drops  teares  as  faft  as  the  Arabian  Trees 
Their  Medicinable  gumme 


I  kift  thee,  ere  I  kill'd  thee:  No  way  but  this, 
Killing  my  felfe,  to  dye  vpon  a  kiffe. 


From  Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

Act  II.     Scene  ii. 
The  Barge  fhe  fat  in,  like  a  burnifht  Throne 
j    ^  Burnt  on  the  water:  the  Poope  was  beaten  Gold^ 
Purple  the  Sailes :  and  fo  perfumed  that 
The  Windes  were  Loue-ficke  with  them.   The  Owers 

were  Siluer,  ^ 

200  Which  to  the  tune  of  Flutes  kept  ftroke,  and  made 
The  water  which  they  beate,  to  follow  falter; 
As  amorous  of  their  ftrokes.    For  her  owne  perfon 
It  beggerd  all  difcription,  fhe  did  lye 
In  her  Pauillion,  cloth  of  Gold,  of  Tiffue, 

aoeO're-picturing  that  Venus,'-'  where  we  fee 

The  fancie  out-worke  Nature.     On  each  fide  her, 
Stood  pretty  Dimpled  Boyes,  like  fmiling  Cupids, 
With  diuers  coulour'd  Fannes  whofe  winde  did  feeme, 
To  glow^  the  delicate  cheekes  which  they  did  coole, 

210  And  what  they  vndid  did. 

Her  Gentlewomen,  *  like  the  Nereides, 

So  many  Mer-maides  tended  her  i'th'eyes. 

And  made  their  bends  adornings.     At  the  Helme, 

^   Loue-Iicke.       With   them   the   Owers   were    Siluer 
(With  beginning  a  new  line).  ^  Venns.  ^  gloue. 

*  Gentlewoman. 


From  Antony  and  Cleopatra.  171 

drops  te:rz  aez  faest  aez  de  aergeibiaen  tri:z  330 

daeir  med(i)sinaeb,l  gum. 

ij  kist  di:  e:r  ij  kild  di::  no:  wsei  but  dis- 
kilii)  mijself,  tu  dij  upon  ae  kis. 


From  Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

Act  II.     Scene  ii. 
de  bserd5  Ji  sget  in,  lijk  ae  burni/t  Groin, 
burnt  on  de  wgeter:  de  pu:p  wsez  be:t,n  gould; 
purpjl  de  saeilz,  aend  so:  perfiumed  daet 
de  wijndz  wer  luv-sik  wid  dem ;  d(e)  o:rz  wer  silver, 

hwitj  tu  de  tiun  ov  fliuts  kept  stro;k,  aend  niae:d    200 

de  waeter  hwitJ  daei  be;t  tu  folo:  faester, 

aez  aem(o)rus  ov  daeir  stro:ks.     for  her  oun  person, 

it  becjerd  a:l  deskripsTon:  Ji  did  lij 

in  her  paevilTon — kloG  ov  cjould  ov  tisiu — 

o:r-piktiurir)  d^et  ve:nus  hwe:r  wi  si:  20& 

de  faensi  uwtwurk  nae:tiur:  on  eitj  sijd  her 

stu(:jd  priti  dimp,ld  boiz,  lijk  smijliij  kiupidz, 

wid  dijvers-kulord  faenz,  hwuiz  wijnd  did  si:m 

tu  (jlou  de  del(i)kae(:)t  tji:ks  hwitJ  daei  did  kuil, 

aend  hwaet  (]aei  undid  did.  2x0 

her  d;ent,lwi(:)mcn,  lijk  de  nereidz, 

so  maeni  mermicidz,  tended  her  id  ijz, 

aend  mse:d  daeir  bendz  aL-dornii]z:  act  de  helm 


172  From  Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

A  (eeining  Mer-maide    Tteeres:  The  Silken  Tackle, 
216  Swell  with  the  touches  of  thofe  Flower-foft  hands, 
That  yarely  frame  the  office.     From  the  Barge 
A  ftrange  inuifible  perfume  hits  the  fenfe 
Of  the  adiacent  Wharfes.     The  Citty  caft 
Her  people  out  vpon  her:  and  Anthony 
22oEnthron'd  i'th'Alarket-place,  did  fit  alone, 
Whifling  to  th'ayre:'  which  but  for  vacancie. 
Had  gone  to  gaze  on  Clcopater  too, 
And  made  a  gap  in  Nature. 


Act  V.     Scene  ii. 

Give  me  my  Robe,  put  on  my  Crowne,  I  haue 
Immortall  longings  in  me.     Now  no  more 

285  The  iuyce  of  Egypts  Grape  fhall  moyft  this  lip. 
Yare,  yare,  good  Ii'as ;  quicke :  Me  thinkes  I  heare 
Anthony  call:  I  fee  him  rowfe  himfelfe 
To  praife  my  Noble  Act.     1  heare  him  mock 
The  lucke  of  Ccejar^  which  the  Gods  giue  men 

290 To  excufe  their  after  wrath.     Husband,  I  come: 
Now  to  that  name,  my  Courage  proue  my  Title. 
I  am  Fire,  and  Ayre;  my  other  Elements 
I  giue  to  bafer  life.     So,  haue  you  done? 
Come  then,  and  take  the  laft  warmth  of  my  Lippes. 
Farewell  kinde  Charmian,  Iras,  long  farewell. 


^  to'th'ayre. 


From  Antony  and  Cleopatra.  173 

ae  si:mii]  mermaeid  sti:rz:  de  silk,n  taek,l 

swel  wid  de  tutjez  ov  do;z  fluwr-soft  haendz,  215 

daet  jae:rli  frge:m  de  of  is.     from  de  bserd; 

ae  straend;  inviz(i)b,l  perfium  hits  de  sens 

ov  de  aed;as:sent  hwserfs.     de  siti  kaest 

her  pi:p,l  uwt  upon  her;  asnd  aentoni, 

ineroind  id  maerket  plaeis,  did  sit  aelo:n,  220 

hwis(t)lii]  tu  daeir;  hwitj  but  for  vasikaensi, 

haed  go:n  tu  gaeiz  on  kle:opae:ter  tu: 

aend  mae:d  se  cjaep  in  nae  tiur. 


Act  V.     Scene  ii. 

giv  mi  mij  ro.b,  put  on  mij  kruwn;  ij  hae:v 

imortael  lor]cjir]z  in  mi: :  nuw  no  mo:r 

de  d;ius  ov  e:d5ipts  cjrae:p  Jael  moist  dis  lip:  235 

jae:r,  jae:r,  rjud  ijraes;  kwik.     mieiijks  ij  heir 

aentoni  ka:l;  ij  si:  him  ruwz  himself 

tu  praeiz  mij  no:b,l  tckt;  ij  he:r  him  mok 

de  luk  ov  se:zser,  hwitJ  de  cjodz  rjiv  men 

t(u)  ekskiuz  daeir  aefter  wrae9  :  huzbccnd,  ij  kum :    290 

nuw  tu  daet  ne:m  mij  kuraed;  pru:v  mij  tijt,l ! 

ij  (ae)m  fijr  aend  aeir;  mij  uder  elements 

ij  giv  tu  baeiser  lijf.     so:;  hvcv  iu  dun? 

kum  den,  tend  taeik  de  kcst  w;crm0  ov  mij  lips. 

f8e:rwel,  kijnd  tJaermTaen;  ijncs,  log  fae:rwel. 


174  From  Cymbeline. 

From  Cymbeline. 

Act  II.     Scene  hi. 

SoJtg. 
He.vrke,  hearke,  the  Larke  at  Heauens  gate  lings, 

And  Phoebus  gins  arife, 
His  Steeds  to  water  at  thofe  Springs 
25        On  chaHc'd  Flowres  that  lyes: 
And  winking  Mary-buds  begin 

To  ope  their  Golden  eyes 
With  euery  thing  that  pretty  is, 
My  Lady  fweet  arife :  ^ 
^80  Arife,  arife. 

Act  III.     Scene  iv. 

Come  Fellow,  be  thou  honeft, 
Do  thou  thy  Mafters  bidding.    When  thou  feeft  him, 
A  little  witneffe  my  obedience.     Looke 
I  draw  the  Sword  my  felfe,  take  it,  and  hit 

70 The  innocent  Manfion  of  my  Loue  (my  Heart:) 
Feare  not,  'tis  empty  of  all  things,  but  Greefe: 
Thy  Mafter  is  not  there,  who  was  indeede 
The  riches  of  it.     Do  his  bidding,  ftrike, 
Thou  may  ft  be  valiant  in  a  better  cauie; 

75  But  now  thou  feem'ft  a  Coward. 

Why,  I  muft  dye: 
And  if  I  do  not  by  thy  hand,  thou  art 
No  Seruant  of  thy  Mafters.    Againft  Selfe-flaughter, 
There  is  a  prohibition  fo  Diuine, 
80 That  crauens  my  weake  hand:    Come,  heere's  my 

heart : 

'  LI.  26  to  29  printed  as  two  titles. 


From  Cvmbeline.  175 

From  Cymbeline. 

Act  II.     Scene  hi. 
[SOT).] 

haerk,  haerk!  de  laerk  set  he(:)vnz  gaeit  sigz, 

send  fe:bus  ginz  aerijz, 
hiz  stiidz  tu  waeter  set  do:z  spriijz 

on  tjaelist  flawrz  daet  lijz;  26 

send  wiijkii)  mseiri-budz  bigin 

tu  o:p  dseir  gould,n  ijz: 
wid  ev(e)ri  eii]  daet  priti  iz, 

mij  laeidi  swi:t,  aerijz: 

aerijz,  aerijz.  so 

*  * 

Act  III.     Scene  iv. 

kum,  felo:,  bi:  duw  onest: 
du:  duw  dij  maesterz  bidiij :  hwen  duw  si:st  him, 
se  lit,l  witnes  mij  obeidiens:  lu:k! 
ij  dra;  de  sword  mijself:  tae;k  it,  aend  hit 
de  in(o)sent  maensTon  ov  mij  luv,  mij  haert:  70 

fe:r  not;  tiz  empti  ov  a:l  eii]z  but  gri:f: 
dij  maester  iz  not  de:r,  hwu:  waez  indiid 
de  ritjez  ov  it:  du:  hiz  bidir);  strijk 
duw  macist  bi  vaelTaent  in  x  beter  ka:z; 
but  nuw  duw  si:mst  x  kuwaerd.  75 

hwij,  ij  must  dij: 
•ccnd  if  ij  du:  not  bij  dij  haend,  duw  aert 
no;  servsent  ov  dij  maesterz.     segseinst  self-sla:ter 
der  iz  ae  prohibisTon  so:  divijn 
daet  krae:v.nz  mij  wc:k  hicnd.    kum.   he:rz  mij  h;crt.  so 


176  From  Cymbeline. 

Something's  a-for't:^  Soft,  foft,  wee'l  no  defence. 
Obedient  as  the  Scabbard.     What  is  heere, 
The  Scriptures  of  the  Loyall  Leonatus, 
All  turn'd  to  Herefie?     Away,  away, 
86  Corrupters  of  my  Faith,  you  fhall  no  more 
Be  Stomachers  to  my  heart :  thus  may  poore  Fooles 
Beleeue  falfe  Teachers :  Though  thofe  that  are  betraid 
Do  feele  the  Treafon  fharpely,  yet  the  Traitor 
Stands  in  worfe  cafe  of  woe 


Act  IV.     Scene  ii. 

Song. 

Guid.     Feare  no  more  the  heate  o'th'Sun, 
Nor  the  furious  Winters  rages, 
260  Thou  th}^  worldly  task  haft  don, 

Home  art  gon,  and  tane  thy  wages. 
Golden  Lads,  and  Girles  all  muft, 
As  Chimney-Sweepers  come  to  duft. 

And.     Feare  no  more  the  frowne  o'th' Great, 
265  Thou  art  paft  the  Tirants  ftroake, 

Care  no  more  to  cloath  and  eate. 

To  thee  the  Reede  is  as  the  Oake: 
The  Scepter,  Learning,  Phyficke  muft, 
All  follow  this  and  come  to  duft. 

270  Giiid.  Feare  no  more  the  Lightning  flafh. 
Arui.  Nor  th'all-dreaded  Thunderftone. 

Gui.  Feare  not  Slander,  Cenfure  rafh. 
Arui.  Thou  haft  finifh'd  loy  and  mone. 

'  a-foot. 


From  Cymbeline.  177 

sumeigz  ae-fort.     soft,  soft!  wi:l  no:  defens; 

obeidlent  aez  de  skaebaerd.     hwaet  iz  heir? 

de  skriptiurz  ov  de  loiael  leionasitus, 

a:l  turnd  tu  heresi?     aewaei,  aewaei, 

korupterz  ov  mij  faeiB !  iu  Jael  no  mo:r  85 

bi  stum(ae)kerz  tu  mij  hgert.     dus  maei  puir  fuilz 

biliiv  fails  te:tjerz:  dou  doiz  daet  aer  bitraeid 

du  fill  de  treiz,n  Jaerpli,  jit  de  traeitor 

stsendz  in  wurs  kaeis  ov  woi 


Act  IV.     Scene  ii. 

[SOI].] 
gijdeinus.]     feir  no  moir  de  he;t  od  sun, 

nor  de  fiurius  winterz  raeidgez; 
duw  dij  worldli  taesk  haest  dun,  200 

hoim  aert  goin,  aend  tacin  dij  waeid^ez  : 
(jould,n  laedz  acnd  girlz  ail  must, 
aez  tjimni-swi:perz,  kum  tu  dust. 

aervirsegus.]  fe:r  no  mo:r  de  fruwn  od  gre:t; 

duw  ccrt  paest  de  tijraents  stroik;     265 
kaeir  no  moir  tu  kloid  aend  e:t; 

tu  dii  de  riid  iz  aez  de  oik: 
de  septer,  lernii),  fizik,  must 
ail  foloi  dis,  aend  kum  tu  dust. 

gijdeirlus.]    fe;r  no  mo:r  de  lijtniij-fhcj,  270 

aervincgus.]        nor  da:l-dre(:)dcd  Oundcr-stoin; 
gijdeirlus.)    feir  not  slicnder,  sensiur  nej; 
aervinegus.]        duw  hecst  finijt  d5oi  aend  mom: 

V  ic  tor  ,  Shakespeare'*  I'rominrf.i'!..' .     !I.  12 


178  From  Cymbeline. 

Both.  All  Louers  young,  all  Louers  muft, 

S76  Configne  to  thee  and  come  to  duft. 

Guid.  No  Exorcifor  harme  thee, 

Arui.  Nor  no  witch-craft  charme  thee. 

Guid.  Gholt  vnlaid  forbeare  thee. 

Arui.  Nothing  ill  come  neere  thee. 

^Bo  Both.  Quiet  confumation  haue, 

And  renowned  be  thy  graue. 


From  Cvmbeline.  179 

bo:e.]  a:l  luverz  jui),  a:l  luverz  must 

konsijn  tu  di:,  asnd  kum  tu  dust.  275 

gijdeinus.]     no:  eksorsijzer  hccrm  di:! 
gerviraegus.]  nor  no  witjkraeft  tjgerm  di: ! 
gijde:rTus.]     go:st  unlgeid  forbe:r  di: ! 
aervirgegus.]   noSii)  il  kum  ne:r  di: ! 
bo:6.]  kwijet  konsiumae:sion  h3e:v ;  280 

gend  renuwned  bi:  dij  graeiv! 


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